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 |
|---|---|
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| horticultural | the science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| outspoken | direct and open in speech or expression : frank |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| leave-taking | departure |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |