noun de lə gət a person who is authorized to speak or act for one or more others, such as a representative to a conference or convention. Delegates from each state assembled…
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primary
praI mer i noun in U.S. politics, a preliminary election in which members of each party vote for candidates to represent the party in the general election. The democrats will be choosing…
caucus
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…
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.