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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| equinox | either of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic |
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |
| functional | of, connected with, or being a function |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |