GRE Word List

PREDICAMENT

the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication

The meaning of the word predicament is the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication.

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WordMeaning
resignationan act or instance of resigning something : surrender
debaseto lower in status, esteem, quality, or character
assuageto lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease
browseto eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse
endorseto write on the back of
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
fallaciousembodying a fallacy
espousemarry
weanto accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing
reprieveto delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner)