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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WordMeaning
subsideto sink or fall to the bottom : settle
girtha band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back
denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
martyra person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion
incentivesomething that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action
lookoutone engaged in keeping watch : watchman
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
ancestryline of descent : lineage
expedientsuitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance
opiatean alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance