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 |
|---|---|
| fanfare | a short and lively sounding of trumpets |
| pundit | pandit |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| stultify | to have a dulling or inhibiting effect on |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| entity | being |