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 |
|---|---|
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| brawn | the flesh of a boar |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| mystic | mystical |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |