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 |
|---|---|
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| modish | fashionable |
| humdrum | monotonous |
| doctrine | a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| predecessor | one that precedes |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |