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 |
|---|---|
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| dynamic | marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |