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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| simulate | to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| glow | to shine with or as if with an intense heat |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |
| patent | open to public inspection |