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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ingenuousshowing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness
murkycharacterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke
embedto enclose closely in or as if in a matrix
improprietyan improper or indecorous act or remark
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bleakexposed and barren and often windswept
abridgeto shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense
writsomething written : writing
raga waste piece of cloth
garbledmade unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up