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

WordMeaning
fitacceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper
braggarta loud arrogant boaster
glazeto furnish or fit with glass
chipa small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off
igneousformed by solidification of magma
amputateto remove by or as if by cutting
bogwet spongy ground
hauntto visit often : frequent
duplicitycontradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action
solublesusceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water