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 |
|---|---|
| chassis | the supporting frame of a structure (such as an automobile or television) |
| rabble | a disorganized or confused collection of things |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| dour | stern |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |