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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|---|---|
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| pinnace | a light sailing ship |
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| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
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| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
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| fiend | devil |
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