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

WordMeaning
threadbarehaving the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby
relinquishto withdraw or retreat from : leave behind
aproposbeing both relevant and opportune
awfulextremely disagreeable or objectionable
premisea proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference
hibernateto pass the winter in a torpid or resting state
sunderto break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space
sanctiona formal decree
derideto laugh at or insult contemptuously
wreakbring about