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 |
|---|---|
| nauseate | to become affected with nausea |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| phenomena | phenomenon |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |