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 |
|---|---|
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| gratis | without charge or recompense : free |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |
| debutante | one making a debut (see debut |
| dyspeptic | indigestion |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| somatic | of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm |
| monogram | a sign of identity usually formed of the combined initials of a name |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |