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 |
|---|---|
| disjointed | being thrown out of orderly function |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| repercussion | reflection |
| concatenate | linked together |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |