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 |
|---|---|
| centrifuge | a machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| blues | low spirits : melancholy |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| snivel | to run at the nose |
| witticism | a cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark |