Unit 1 What is Public Administration? a. Vocabulary

List of the Key Words and Expressions

Learn the following words and word-combinations using the information presented in the Vocabulary section at the end of the book (Unit 1):

public (n)

to appeal to the ~ ; to educate, enlighten the ~ ; to mislead the ~ ; in ~ ; general ~

public (adj)

~ administration; ~ policy; to work in the ~ sector; ~ company; ~ broadcasting; in the ~ interest; a ~ man; a ~ holiday; a ~ sale; ~ transport; a ~ school; a ~ house; to make ~; ~ meeting

administer (v)

to ~ the affairs of the state; to ~ justice; to ~ the law; to ~ an oath to smb.

administrate (v)

administration (n)

public ~– ; business ~

administrative (adj)

~ bill

administrator (n)

authorize (v)

authority (n)

to establish ~ ; local ~

authoritative (adj)

Implement (n)

implements of production

Implement (V)

Implementation (n)

~ period

legitimate (v)

legitimate (adj)

~ government

legitimacy (n)

policy I. (n)

to adopt a ~ ; under the new ~ (policies); evaluation policies and procedures

policy II. (n)

to cancel a ~ ; to issue/write up a ~

govern (v)

to ~ the country

government (n)

local ~

governmental (adj)

specialize (v)

specialist (n)

to consult a ~

agency (n)

advertising ~ ; detective ~ ; employment ~ ; auxiliary ~ ; government ~

defend (v)

defence (n)

to speak out in ~ of justice; a legal ~ ; to conduct (organize/ put up) a ~ ;  Best ~ is offence

register (v)

to be ~ed as voters; to be ~ed at the hotel

registration (n)

to conduct ~ ; gun ~; voter ~

account (v)

He was ~ed (to be) guilty

account (n)

to open an ~; to call to ~ ; to give ~ of smth.

bureaucracy (n)

overgrown, swollen ~ ; government ~ . Syn: red tape, bureaucratism

bureaucrat (n)

office (n)

to be in the ~ ; she works at our ~; Foreign Office

official (n)

appointed ~ ; customs ~

official (adj)

~ duties; ~ statement

officer (n)

public ~ (Syn. civil servant); public-relations ~; revenue ~ ; probation ~

effective (adj)

The tax becomes ~ next year; with ~ precious stones

efficient (adj)

She was very ~ in reducing waste.

empire (n)

to break up an ~ ; to build up an ~

emperor (n)

sophisticated (adj)

~ modern taste

skill (n)

~ at/in using a computer; to demonstrate, display, show ~

skilled (adj)

~ craftsman

loyalty (n)

to command ~ ; to demonstrate, show ~ ; to swear ~. Syn. commitment

subordinate (v)

to be ~ed to the needs of the family

subordinate (n)

subordination (n)

the yoke of ~

person (n)

not a single ~ ; missing ~ ; a real ~ ; the first ~ ; the second ~

personnel (n)

petition (n)

to circulate a ~ ; to present a ~ ; to grant a ~

judiciary (adj)

~ law ~ Syn: judicial

claim (v)

to ~ for attention; to ~ the inheritance; to ~ that; to ~ against

claim (n)

raise a ~ ; lay ~ ; put smth. in a ~

rule (v)

to ~ over the British Empire; to ~ one's actions; to ~ one’s appetites firmly; to ~ against smb

disrupt (v)

to ~ radio communication

monarch (n)

absolute ~; constitutional ~. Syn: sovereign

monarchy (n)

to establish, set up a ~ ; to overthrow a ~