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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| verbalize | to express something in words |
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| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |
| spartan | a native or inhabitant of ancient Sparta |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |