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 |
|---|---|
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| somatic | of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| cerebral | of or relating to the brain or the intellect |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |