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

WordMeaning
garbledmade unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up
modishfashionable
humdrummonotonous
doctrinea principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma
bickerpetulant quarreling : altercation
startto move suddenly and violently : spring
onerousinvolving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome
predecessorone that precedes
temperheat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion
acrophobiaabnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights