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 |
|---|---|
| finesse | refinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture |
| inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| plaudit | an act or round of applause |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| crust | the hardened exterior or surface part of bread |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |