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 |
|---|---|
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| 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 |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| draw | to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull |
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| congenial | pleasant |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |