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 |
|---|---|
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |
| garish | clothed in vivid colors |
| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| stench | stink |
| cynical | having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| deviate | to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic |