Examples: a precarious truce
Examples: dangerous waters a parlous journey on stormy seas a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat the precarious life of an undersea diver dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery
Examples: a shaky marriage
precarious (English)└── precarius (Latin) └── precor (Latin) └── prex (Latin)
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