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 |
|---|---|
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
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| boor | peasant |
| docket | a brief written summary of a document : abstract |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
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| emblazon | to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices |
| killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |