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 |
|---|---|
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| entree | the act or manner of entering : entrance |
| eclectic | composed of elements drawn from various sources |
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| voodoo | a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |