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 |
|---|---|
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| concurrent | operating or occurring at the same time |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| assay | to analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components |
| 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 |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |