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 |
|---|---|
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |
| warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| affiliation | the state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc. |
| expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
| bauble | trinket |