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 |
|---|---|
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| facade | the front of a building |
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |