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 |
|---|---|
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| brave | having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty : having or showing courage |
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |
| lumen | the cavity of a tubular organ or part |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| abortive | prematurely born |