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 |
|---|---|
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| charlatan | quack |
| derelict | abandoned especially by the owner or occupant |
| unsavory | insipid |
| ecliptic | of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse |
| conspire | plot |
| expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| multifarious | having or occurring in great variety : diverse |