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 |
|---|---|
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| savor | the taste or smell of something |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |