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 |
|---|---|
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |
| clairvoyant | having clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| insurgent | a person who revolts against civil authority or an established government |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| judiciary | a system of courts of law |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |