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

WordMeaning
decompositionto separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds
intelligentsiaintellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite
materialisma theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter
preyan animal taken by a predator as food
idiosyncrasya peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality
maraudto roam about and raid in search of plunder
sleightdeceitful craftiness
paramountsuperior to all others : supreme
backslideto lapse morally or in the practice of religion
boostto push or shove up from below