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 |
|---|---|
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |
| larder | a place where food is stored : pantry |
| lode | waterway |
| lackluster | lacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : dull |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |