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 |
|---|---|
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| rip | to tear or split apart or open |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| noisome | noxious |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |