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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WordMeaning
deflectto turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction
futileserving no useful purpose : completely ineffective
quaffto drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously
browseto eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse
somaticof, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm
sleeperone that sleeps
sovereignone possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty
cerebralof or relating to the brain or the intellect
legatoin a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones)
palleta straw-filled tick or mattress