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.

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WordMeaning
discounta reduction made from the gross (see gross
chipa small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off
paupera person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity
idylla simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
repulsionthe action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed
matriarcha woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state
cantataa composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment
haranguea speech addressed to a public assembly
climeclimate