competent
Definition: (adjective) having the skill and knowledge needed for a particular task; capable
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no·men·kla·tu·ra
 (n   m  n-klä-t  r  , nô my  n-klä-t  r ä)
KEY
NOUN:
- The system of patronage to senior positions in the bureaucracy of the Soviet Union and some other Communist states, controlled by committees at various levels of the Communist Party.
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(used with a pl. verb) The lists of appointees matching the lists of patronage positions in such a system.
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(used with a pl. verb) The appointees to these positions:
"The . . . nomenklatura are perceived as draft-immune"
(Anthony Arnold).
- The stratified, privileged class composed of these appointees.
ETYMOLOGY:
Russian, from Latin nmencl t ra, list of names ; see
nomenclature
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