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 |
|---|---|
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| flair | a skill or instinctive ability to appreciate or make good use of something : talent |
| fundamental | serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| malediction | curse |
| prudent | characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |