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 |
|---|---|
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| hurl | rush |
| unsavory | insipid |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| guileless | innocent |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |