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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pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
biennial | occurring every two years |
stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
imply | to express indirectly |
optician | a maker of or dealer in optical items and instruments |
maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |