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 |
|---|---|
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| juridical | of or relating to the administration of justice or the office of a judge |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| slake | subside |
| molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| revelry | noisy partying or merrymaking |
| rostrum | an ancient Roman platform for public orators |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |