Lesson 81,82 Political Words

Question 1

Muckraker

Answer 1

(n.) writer whose work exposes corruption in business or politics

Question 2

Incumbent

Answer 2

(n.) one currently holding a political office

Question 3

Gerrymander

Answer 3

(v.) to break up political boundaries in an odd shape in order to give oneself or one’s party an electoral edge

Question 4

Canvass

Answer 4

(v.) to go about (usually on foot) asking for people’s votes

Question 5

Inaugurate

Answer 5

(v.) to signal, usually with a ceremony, the beginning of a person’s term

Question 6

Barnstorm

Answer 6

(v.) to make a rapid tour through rural areas for the purpose of acquiring votes

Question 7

Mudslinging

Answer 7

(n.) the act of insulting or defaming a political opponent

Question 8

Interregnum

Answer 8

(v.) the period between one ruler leaving office and another taking over, or a slight pause in the government if a person in power is voted in for another term

Question 9

Partisan

Answer 9

(n.) one loyal to a group or a political party

Question 10

Filibuster

Answer 10

(v.) to engage in deliberate stalling practices so that a vote on a measure cannot take place

Question 11

Demagogue

Answer 11

(n.) a leader who manipulates the public’s emotions for his or her own ends

Question 12

Lame duck

Answer 12

(n.) a president who, after the election of his successor, spends his time in office ineffectually

Question 13

Politico

Answer 13

(n.) politician

Question 14

Apparatchik

Answer 14

(n.) a blindly loyal official in an (often political) organization

Question 15

Plenary

Answer 15

(adj.) describing a session attended by all members of a governing body