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.
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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…
distaff
dI staef noun 1. a staff with one cleft end to hold the material from which thread is drawn in spinning by hand or on a spinning wheel. She gently pulled more…