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 |
|---|---|
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| privy | private |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| proscenium | the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |