GRE Word List
BUREAUCRACY
a body of nonelected government officials
The meaning of the word bureaucracy is a body of nonelected government officials.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| invulnerable | incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed |
| fruition | pleasurable use or possession : enjoyment |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| rare | seldom occurring or found : uncommon |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |