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 |
|---|---|
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |
| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
| ossify | to change into bone |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
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| braid | to make from braids |
| writ | something written : writing |