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 |
|---|---|
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| gingerly | very cautious or careful |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| garnish | decorate |