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 |
|---|---|
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |
| fracas | a noisy quarrel : brawl |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| progeny | descendants |
| executor | one who executes something |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| somatic | of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |