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

WordMeaning
auxiliaryoffering or providing help
primto give a prim or demure expression to
cronea cruel or ugly old woman
gradationa series forming successive stages
solventable to pay all legal debts
lagoona shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water
miscellaneousconsisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous
imperceptiblenot perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle
litotesunderstatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy")
bolta lightning stroke