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.

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WordMeaning
permeablecapable of being permeated : penetrable
chroniclea historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation
canarda false or unfounded report or story
soothsayera person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator
ethnicof or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background
stratageman artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy
disseminateto spread abroad as though sowing seed
epitaphan inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there
nomadicof, relating to, or characteristic of nomads
uninhibitedfree from inhibition