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 |
|---|---|
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| clip | encompass |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
| mishap | an unfortunate accident |
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |