GRE Word List
PRECEPT
a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action
The meaning of the word precept is a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| meek | enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild |
| invoke | to petition for help or support |
| sere | being dried and withered |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| felon | one who has committed a felony |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| stymie | to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of |
| ardor | an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling |