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 |
|---|---|
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| encumber | weigh down |
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| vendor | one that vends : seller |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |