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 |
|---|---|
| partial | of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| prong | fork |
| disheveled | marked by disorder or disarray |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| random | a haphazard course |
| quirk | an abrupt twist or curve |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |