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 |
|---|---|
| amorous | moved by sexual love; loving; of sexual love; Ex. amorous advances |
| armada | fleet of warships |
| extrapolation | projection; conjecture; V. extrapolate: infer (unknown information) from known information |
| optional | not compulsory; left to one's choice; N. option: act of choosing; choice; freedom or power to choose; something available as a choice; Ex. have no option; Ex. two options |
| linger | loiter or dawdle; be slow in leaving; delay going; continue or persist; be slow to disappear; Ex. The smell lingered for days. |
| blotch | spot; blot; CF. blot+botch |
| asperity | sharpness; roughness; severity (of temper or weather); Ex. asperities of a Russian winter |
| craft | skill (esp. with one's hands); skill in deceiving people; guile; ADJ. crafty: cleverly deceitful; cunning |
| chisel | swindle or cheat; N: wedgelike tool for cutting |
| arbitrary | unreasonable or capricious; random; tyrannical; Ex. arbitrary ruler |
