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 |
|---|---|
| ebullient | boiling |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| brawl | to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
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| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
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| adherent | one who adheres to something: such as |