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 |
|---|---|
| unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
| garnish | decorate |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| daze | to stupefy especially by a blow : stun |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |