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 |
|---|---|
| florid | very flowery in style : ornate |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
| paramour | lover |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |