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 |
|---|---|
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| lackluster | lacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : dull |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| suppliant | supplicant |