Jennifer Bilek
Mass Com 100W M/W 12pm
Word #2
Word: Precarious
Source: Paskin, J. (2008). What Your Fund Might Be Hiding: Smart Money, 17(4), 24.
How it was used: “And in these precarious economic times, such optimistic-sounding investments are all the range: Almost half of the funds advertising one of these so-called return strategies were launched in the past five years.”
Definition: 1. (adjective) Dependent on circumstances beyond one’s control; uncertain; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
2. Dependent on the will or pleasure of another; liable to be withdrawn or lost at the will of another: He held a precarious tenure under an arbitrary administration.
3. Exposed to or involving danger; dangerous; perilous; risky: the precarious life of an underseas diver.
4. Having insufficient, little, or no foundation: a precarious assumption.
Your sentence: When looking for a new apartment, I felt frustrated because the high rent prices. The manager explained that the prices were a precarious consequence from the inflation over the last few years.
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