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 |
|---|---|
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| fete | festival |
| monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is but one God |
| swill | wash |
| apiary | a place where bees are kept |
| prerogative | an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| executor | one who executes something |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |