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 |
|---|---|
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| courier | messenger |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| estranged | having lost former closeness and affection : in a state of alienation from a previous close or familial relationship |