GRE Word List
PRECINCT
division of a city for election or police purposes; precincts: space that surrounds a building; Ex. precincts of the college
The meaning of the word precinct is division of a city for election or police purposes; precincts: space that surrounds a building; Ex. precincts of the college.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| legato | (of music) played smoothly |
| rave | overwhelmingly favorable review; V: talk wildly as if mad; Ex. raving lunatic |
| acknowledge | recognize; admit |
| cynosure | object of general attention; person or thing that is a center of attention; CF. Ursa Minor |
| loathe | detest; ADJ. loathsome: arousing loathing; offensive; Ex. loathsome smell |
| warp | twist out of shape; N. |
| irrepressible | unable to be restrained or held back; impossible to hold back |
| dossier | file of documents on a subject or person; file; CF. bundle of papers labeled on the back |
| delusion | false belief; hallucination; deluding; Ex. delusions of grandeur; Ex. under the delusion that |
| trunk | main wooden stem of a tree; human body excluding the head and limbs; torso; prehensile nose of an elephant |
