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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convoketo call together to a meeting
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assuageto lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease
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unconscionableshockingly unfair or unjust
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