GRE Word List
PRECARIOUS
dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments
The meaning of the word precarious is dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| demerit | offense |
| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |