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 |
|---|---|
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |
| encumber | weigh down |
| charm | the chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |