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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nourish | nurture |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| prosper | to succeed in an enterprise or activity |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| hut | an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |