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 |
|---|---|
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| guy | man |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| recuperate | to get back : regain |
| beleaguer | besiege |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| execute | to carry out fully : put completely into effect |