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 |
|---|---|
| slipshod | wearing loose shoes or slippers |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| emblazon | to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices |
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| vise | any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |