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 |
|---|---|
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| transgression | an act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| industrious | constantly, regularly, or habitually active or occupied : diligent |
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| peerless | matchless |