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 |
|---|---|
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| hull | the outer covering of a fruit or seed |