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

WordMeaning
exonerateto relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship
constraintthe act of constraining
douseto plunge into water
pediatriciana specialist in pediatrics
vagrantone who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support
mesmerizeto subject to mesmerism
magnanimitythe quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity
retrospectiveof, relating to, or given to retrospection
distraitapprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted
conservatorya greenhouse for growing or displaying plants