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 |
|---|---|
| gastronomy | the art or science of good eating |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
| haunt | to visit often : frequent |
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| saturate | to satisfy fully : satiate |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |