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 |
|---|---|
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| convoluted | having convolutions |
| debauch | to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality |
| approbation | commendation |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| mural | of, relating to, or resembling a wall |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |