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 |
|---|---|
| egregious | conspicuous |
| remittance | a sum of money remitted |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| saline | consisting of or containing salt |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| conglomeration | the act of conglomerating : the state of being conglomerated |
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |
| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| 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 |