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 |
|---|---|
| abyss | an immeasurably deep gulf or great space |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| foolhardy | foolishly adventurous and bold : rash |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |