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 |
|---|---|
| imbibe | drink |
| demise | death |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| academic | of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| ethereal | of or relating to the regions beyond the earth |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |