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 |
|---|---|
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| limber | having a supple and resilient quality (as of mind or body) : agile |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| colossal | of, relating to, or resembling a colossus |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| buttress | a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building |
| glow | to shine with or as if with an intense heat |