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 |
|---|---|
| wont | accustomed |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| brand | a charred piece of wood |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| gentle | free from harshness, sternness, or violence |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |