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 |
|---|---|
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| depict | to represent by or as if by a picture |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
| growl | rumble |
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| stench | stink |
| portly | dignified |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| magnate | a person of rank, power, influence, or distinction often in a specified area |