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 |
|---|---|
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
| dabble | to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| trek | to make one's way arduously |
| flaunt | to display or obtrude oneself to public notice |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |