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 |
|---|---|
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| gambit | a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| sentient | responsive to or conscious of sense impressions |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| exquisite | marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution |
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |
| genesis | the origin or coming into being of something |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |