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 |
|---|---|
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| jurisprudence | the science or philosophy of law |
| rightful | just |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| adjutant | a staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence |
| sentient | responsive to or conscious of sense impressions |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |