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 |
|---|---|
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| flashy | lacking in substance or flavor : insipid |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| moratorium | a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt |
| pandemic | occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |