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 |
|---|---|
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| renegade | a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| expiate | to make amends for |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| abyss | an immeasurably deep gulf or great space |