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 |
|---|---|
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| calculated | apt |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| bovine | of, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow |
| demise | death |
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |