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
authenticateto prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine
prototypean original model on which something is patterned : archetype
injuriousinflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental
indeterminatenot definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague
meekenduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild
hindsightperception of the nature of an event after it has happened
interminablehaving or seeming to have no end
ferociousexhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality
actuaryclerk
intuitionthe power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference