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 |
|---|---|
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| scion | descendant |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| enhance | heighten |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| oatmeal | meal made from oats |