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 |
|---|---|
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |
| raspy | harsh |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| hallowed | holy |