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 |
|---|---|
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |