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 |
|---|---|
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| plumber | a dealer or worker in lead |
| enclave | a distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| beatitude | a state of utmost bliss |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| blue | of the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |