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 |
|---|---|
| squabble | a noisy altercation or quarrel usually over petty matters |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
| abnegation | denial |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| overwhelm | upset |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| cow | the mature female of cattle (genus Bos) |
| apoplexy | stroke |