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 |
|---|---|
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| seasonable | suitable to the season or circumstances : timely |
| plump | to drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily |
| ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| deposition | a testifying especially before a court |