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 |
|---|---|
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| document | proof |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |
| comestible | edible |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |