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 |
|---|---|
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| verbatim | in the exact words : word for word |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |