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 |
|---|---|
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| sibling | sib |
| verbatim | in the exact words : word for word |
| paramour | lover |
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |
| wanton | merciless |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |