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 |
|---|---|
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| giddy | dizzy |
| nimble | quick and light in motion : agile |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |