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 |
|---|---|
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| rivulet | a small stream |
| titanic | having great magnitude, force, or power : colossal |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| muddle | to make turbid or muddy |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |