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 |
|---|---|
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| beleaguer | besiege |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| bantering | to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner |