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 |
|---|---|
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| transcendental | transcendent |
| guise | a form or style of dress : costume |
| prong | fork |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| antique | existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |