GRE Word List
BUREAUCRACY
a body of nonelected government officials
The meaning of the word bureaucracy is a body of nonelected government officials.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
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| bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |
| tedium | the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |