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 |
|---|---|
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| imminent | ready to take place : happening soon |
| concurrent | operating or occurring at the same time |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| acuity | keenness of perception |
| dismantle | to disconnect the pieces of |