GRE Word List
CONTINGENT
dependent on or conditioned by something else
The meaning of the word contingent is dependent on or conditioned by something else.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| machiavellian | of or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| concur | to express agreement |
| gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |