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 |
|---|---|
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| warranted | sanction |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| mystic | mystical |
| fell | skin |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| sound | a particular auditory impression : tone |