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 |
|---|---|
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| furor | an angry or maniacal fit : rage |
| champion | a winner of first prize or first place in competition |
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |