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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| uncouth | awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude |