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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |
| fray | a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |