Vocabulary Word
Word: caucus
Definition: private meeting of a group of people in a political party to select officers or determine policy; CF. the Caucus club of Boston
Definition: private meeting of a group of people in a political party to select officers or determine policy; CF. the Caucus club of Boston
More Vocab Words
::: proscribe - prohibit; ostracize; banish; outlaw::: idiom - expression whose meaning as a whole differs from the meanings of its individual words; distinctive style (of expression); Ex. idiom of the modern popular music; ADJ. idiomatic
::: nuance - shade of slight difference in meaning or color; subtle distinction
::: platitude - trite remark; commonplace statement; ADJ. platitudinous
::: tribute - tax levied by a ruler; payment made by one nation to another in acknowledgment of submission; mark of respect (such as praise or gift); Ex. pay tribute to
::: accord - agreement
::: respiration - breathing; exhalation; ADJ. respiratory
::: egotism - tendency to speak or write of oneself excessively; conceit; self-importance
::: rampant - growing or spreading uncontrollably; growing in profusion; unrestrained; Ex. rampant lawlessness/weed
::: static - having no motion; unchanging; lacking development; N. stasis: stable state
