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 |
|---|---|
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| evoke | to call forth or up: such as |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| seedy | containing or full of seeds |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
| renovate | to restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding) |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |