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 |
|---|---|
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| schism | division |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| internecine | of, relating to, or involving conflict within a group |
| sadistic | of, relating to, or characterized by sadism |