kaw kəs noun a private meeting of leaders of a political party to choose candidates or determine policy, or such a group itself. The candidate chosen at the caucus was the one…
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deracinate
dih rae sih neIt transitive verb to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. Jews deracinated from the Netherlands made their new home in Portugal.
populous
pap ye l@s adjective definition: having a large or dense population. Tokyo is one of the world’s most populous cities.
populace
pap yə ləs noun 1. the people who live in a particular place; population. They are studying what kind of effect these noise levels are having on the populace. 2. ordinary people…
populist
pap yə lihst noun 1. (cap.) a member or supporter of the U.S. Populist party in the late nineteenth century. 2. a person, esp. a political leader, who represents the interests and…