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 |
|---|---|
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| phenomena | phenomenon |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| flirt | to move erratically : flit |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |