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 |
|---|---|
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| retrench | cut down |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |
| unconscionable | shockingly unfair or unjust |
| bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |