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 |
|---|---|
| bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| appropriate | especially suitable or compatible : fitting |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |
| aperture | an opening or open space : hole |
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |