10 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
adjective affording no ease or reassurance
adjective fraught with danger
adjective not secure; beset with difficulties
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English carious English precarious From pre- + carious.
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