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 |
|---|---|
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| commune | talk over |
| vulpine | of, relating to, or resembling a fox |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| imbibe | drink |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |