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 |
|---|---|
| encumber | weigh down |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
| bohemian | a native or inhabitant of Bohemia |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| inundate | overwhelm |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |