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precept

nounCommon GRE wordMore P words

a general rule that guides behavior or thought

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Precept in a sentence

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Honesty was the central precept of her grandfather's teaching.

Synonyms
principlemaximruletenet
Antonyms

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The professor's lectures were notoriously blank; students often left more puzzled than when they had arrived, unable to follow his tangled chains of reasoning.

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Questions about “precept”

Precept (noun) means a general rule that guides behavior or thought
Here is precept used in an example sentence: "Honesty was the central precept of her grandfather's teaching."
Common synonyms for precept include principle, maxim, rule, tenet.
Precept is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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