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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| clique | a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons |
| quarry | game |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
| personable | pleasant or amiable in person : attractive |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| prosperous | auspicious |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |