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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log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
toss | to throw with a quick, light, or careless motion or with a sudden jerk |
sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
savant | a person of learning |
podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |