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 |
|---|---|
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| verdant | green in tint or color |
| marshal | a high official in the household of a medieval king, prince, or noble originally having charge of the cavalry but later usually in command of the military forces |
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| nutritious | nourishing |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |