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 |
|---|---|
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| unfrock | defrock |
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| gerontology | the comprehensive multidisciplinary study of aging and older adults compare geriatrics |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |