Word of the week #3

Precarious
I visited the Frida Kahlo Exhibit at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and this word came up in the program.

“Despite the signs of hope in the leafy tree and patch of grass on the earth’s chest, Kahlo’s position on the mountain is precarious, and she looks fearfully alone.”

Def: 1. Adj. not secured, held or unprotected, likely to fall or collapse.
2. Dependent on chance or uncertainty.

I love to play poker but I always seem to find myself in some very precarious positions and cant play the hand stronger.