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 |
|---|---|
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| fray | a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |