GRE Word List
MAKESHIFT
temporary expedient or substitute (in the case of urgent need); Ex. makeshift shelter
The meaning of the word makeshift is temporary expedient or substitute (in the case of urgent need); Ex. makeshift shelter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| relic | surviving remnant (from an extinct culture); memento; keepsake; relics: corpse; Ex. ancient relics; Ex. relics of his travel; Ex. His relics are buried at X. |
| disfigure | mar the appearance of; spoil |
| manifest | evident; visible; obvious; V: show plainly |
| pare | cut away the outer covering or skin of (with a knife); trim; Ex. pare apples/expenses |
| accommodate | oblige or help someone; adjust or bring into harmony; adapt; make enough space for; ADJ. accommodative; CF. accomodating: helpful and obliging |
| genesis | beginning; origin |
| cloying | distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental; V. cloy: become unpleasant through too much sweetness or excess |
| motif | theme; recurrent thematic element in a musical or literary work; single or repeated pattern; figure |
| distinctive | clearly different from others of the same kind |
| induct | place formally in office; install; admit as a member; initiate; N. induction: inducting; process of deriving general principles from particular facts |
