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 |
|---|---|
| orthodox | conforming to established doctrine especially in religion |
| raffle | to engage in a raffle |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| chameleon | any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| amity | friendship |