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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| remit | to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |