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 |
|---|---|
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| torrent | a violent or forceful flow of fluid |