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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| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| conflagration | fire |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| infidel | one who is not a Christian or who opposes Christianity |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |