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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| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| tactful | having or showing tact |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| asunder | into parts |
| freebooter | pirate |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |
| beatitude | a state of utmost bliss |