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 |
|---|---|
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| arid | excessively dry |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |