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 |
|---|---|
| refurbish | to brighten or freshen up : renovate |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| brand | a charred piece of wood |
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
| malaise | an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |