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 |
|---|---|
| comprehensive | covering completely or broadly : inclusive |
| anomalous | inconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected : irregular |
| inconsistency | an instance of being inconsistent |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| cow | the mature female of cattle (genus Bos) |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| cherubic | an order of angels see celestial hierarchy |