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 |
|---|---|
| statute | a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| overweening | arrogant |
| comestible | edible |
| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |