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

WordMeaning
terrestrialof or relating to the earth or its inhabitants
daisa raised platform (as in a hall or large room)
criteriaa standard on which a judgment or decision may be based
balefuldeadly or pernicious in influence
rigiddeficient in or devoid of flexibility
smudgeto make a smudge on
sproutto grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout
jargonthe technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group
pursea small bag for money
recalcitrantobstinately defiant of authority or restraint