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 |
|---|---|
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |