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 |
|---|---|
| encumber | weigh down |
| title | the distinguishing name of a written, printed, or filmed production |
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |