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 |
|---|---|
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| chip | a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| cantata | a composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| clime | climate |