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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WordMeaning
shearto cut off the hair from
universalincluding or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception
asymmetrichaving two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical
infinitesimalimmeasurably or incalculably small
mediateoccupying a middle position
anarchyabsence of government
rubblebroken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building
pulsethe regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart
conteststrive
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language