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 |
|---|---|
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| quisling | traitor |
| inquisitive | given to examination or investigation |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |