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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transpireto take place : go on
lividdiscolored by bruising : black-and-blue
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surrogateone appointed to act in place of another : deputy
warrantedsanction
irretrievablenot retrievable : impossible to regain or recover
mysticmystical
fellskin
fissurea narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting
sounda particular auditory impression : tone