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 |
|---|---|
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
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| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| nomadic | of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads |
| uninhibited | free from inhibition |