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 |
|---|---|
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| imbue | endow |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| abeyance | a state of temporary inactivity : suspension |
| hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |