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 |
|---|---|
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| tedium | the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness |
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| derelict | abandoned especially by the owner or occupant |
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |