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 |
|---|---|
| distant | separated in space : away |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
| lag | one that lags or is last |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| serenity | the quality or state of being serene |
| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |
| clime | climate |