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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intuitionthe power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference
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arch-a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening)
archetypethe original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype
pathosan element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion
providencedivine guidance or care
wallowto roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner
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primordialfirst created or developed : primeval
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