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 |
|---|---|
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| kernel | the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut |
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| healthful | beneficial to health of body or mind |