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 |
|---|---|
| dupe | one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| primp | to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner |
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |
| vicar | an ecclesiastical agent: such as |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| plait | pleat |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |