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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WordMeaning
temporizeto act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion
estimablecapable of being estimated
pyromaniaca person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
provincialthe superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order
comeuppancea deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts
totterto move unsteadily : stagger
cupidityinordinate desire for wealth : avarice
extrapolationto predict by projecting past experience or known data
ostentatiousattracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation