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 |
|---|---|
| concurrent | operating or occurring at the same time |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| meter | systematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm |
| braid | to make from braids |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |