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 |
|---|---|
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| menial | a person doing menial work |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| tart | agreeably sharp or acid to the taste |
| mauve | a moderate purple, violet, or lilac color |
| conspire | plot |
| fleece | the coat of wool covering a wool-bearing animal (such as a sheep) |
| bewitch | to influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft |
| indelible | that cannot be removed, washed away, or erased |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |