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 |
|---|---|
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| trenchant | keen |
| vernal | of, relating to, or occurring in the spring |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| compulsory | mandatory |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |