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 |
|---|---|
| brag | a pompous or boastful statement |
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| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| recuperate | to get back : regain |
| blue | of the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| license | permission to act |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |