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 |
|---|---|
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| resentment | a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury |
| ram | a male sheep |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
| privy | private |