GRE Word List
CAUCUS
a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy
The meaning of the word caucus is a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| forlorn | bereft |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| tycoon | a businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate |
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |