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 |
|---|---|
| musky | having an odor of or resembling musk |
| podium | a low wall serving as a foundation or terrace wall: such as |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| depict | to represent by or as if by a picture |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| misogynist | a person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person |
| hazard | a source of danger |