GRE vocabulary
precept
a general rule that guides behavior or thought
Test your vocabulary in a real test Full-length · no signup · instant score
Keep going
See all More GRE words starting with P
pacify
to calm or soothe someone who is angry or agitated
paean
a song or expression of joyful praise or triumph
painstaking
done with careful and thorough effort
palatable
agreeable to the taste or acceptable to the mind
palatial
resembling a palace in size or grandeur
palingenesis
rebirth, regeneration, or renewal into a new existence
palliate
to ease the severity of something without curing it
pallid
pale or lacking vitality and color
Common questions
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.
See these words the way the GRE tests them.
Definitions in isolation do not stick. Sit a free, full-length GRE mock and meet this vocabulary inside real text completion and sentence equivalence questions, with your score and a worked solution for every answer.