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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| frigid | intensely cold |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |