GRE Word List
BUREAUCRACY
overregulated administrative system marked by red tape; ADJ. bureaucratic
The meaning of the word bureaucracy is overregulated administrative system marked by red tape; ADJ. bureaucratic.
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| certitude | certainty |
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| ecologist | person concerned with the interrelationship between living organisms and their environment; person concerned with the detrimental effects of human civilization on the environment; CF. ecology |
| disparage | belittle |
| prey | target of a hunt; victim; V: hunt and eat as prey; victimize; Ex. Cats prey on mice. |
| putrescent | becoming putrid; putrefying |
| discriminate | distinguish; make distinctions on the basis of preference |
