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 |
|---|---|
| dull | tedious |
| omniscient | having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |