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 |
|---|---|
| plenary | complete in every respect : absolute |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| incidence | rate of occurrence or influence |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |