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 |
|---|---|
| primal | original |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
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| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| legacy | a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| minuscule | very small |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |