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 |
|---|---|
| endemic | belonging or native to a particular people or country |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| grouch | a fit of bad temper |
| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |
| expiate | to make amends for |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| snivel | to run at the nose |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |