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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| deserts | arid land with usually sparse vegetation |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
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| repository | a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |