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 |
|---|---|
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| verge | brink |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| serenity | the quality or state of being serene |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |