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 |
|---|---|
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| affidavit | a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| overweening | arrogant |
| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |