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 |
|---|---|
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
| dull | tedious |
| slick | having a smooth surface : slippery |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| solder | a metal or metallic alloy used when melted to join metallic surfaces |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |