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
apiculturethe keeping of bees especially on a large scale
scadany of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus)
suppressto put down by authority or force : subdue
uninhibitedfree from inhibition
reckoncount
epitaphan inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there
threadbarehaving the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
besmirchto cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully