GRE Word List
MAKESHIFT
a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute
The meaning of the word makeshift is a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |
| privy | private |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| ratify | to approve and sanction formally : confirm |
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |
| grudging | unwilling |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| fictitious | of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |