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 |
|---|---|
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| connoisseur | expert |
| acetic | vinegary |
| prudent | characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as |
| irremediable | not remediable |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| dilute | attenuate |