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 |
|---|---|
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| title | the distinguishing name of a written, printed, or filmed production |
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |