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 |
|---|---|
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| manifesto | a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| hazard | a source of danger |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |