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 |
|---|---|
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
| progeny | descendants |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| ardor | an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling |
| ejaculation | an act of ejaculating |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |
| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |