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 |
|---|---|
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| fundamental | serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| redolent | exuding fragrance : aromatic |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |