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 |
|---|---|
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| whiff | a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray |
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| crestfallen | having a drooping crest or hanging head |
| ancillary | subordinate |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| fiend | devil |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| exult | to be extremely joyful : rejoice |
| shambles | a meat market |