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 |
|---|---|
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| kneel | to position the body so that one or both knees rest on the floor |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| prowess | distinguished bravery |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |
| fluke | flatfish |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |