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 |
|---|---|
| blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |
| random | a haphazard course |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| exegesis | exposition |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |