GRE Word List
PRECINCT
a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district
The meaning of the word precinct is a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| whinny | to neigh especially in a low or gentle way |
| exploit | deed |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |