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 |
|---|---|
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| swill | wash |
| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |
| influx | a coming in |
| dawdle | to spend time idly |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |