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 |
|---|---|
| ventilate | to expose to air and especially to a current of fresh air for purifying, curing, or refreshing |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| vitriolic | bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism |
| homily | a usually short sermon |
| thermal | of, relating to, or caused by heat |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |