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 |
|---|---|
| parochial | of or relating to a church parish |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| volley | the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground |
| annex | to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |