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.

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mirthgladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter
gratiswithout charge or recompense : free
pineany of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals
venalcapable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable
debutanteone making a debut (see debut
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elegya poem in elegiac couplets
somaticof, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm
monograma sign of identity usually formed of the combined initials of a name
posteritythe offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation