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

WordMeaning
ventilateto expose to air and especially to a current of fresh air for purifying, curing, or refreshing
emulateto strive to equal or excel
adventthe period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
gourmeta connoisseur of food and drink
syllogisma 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")
vitriolicbitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism
homilya usually short sermon
thermalof, relating to, or caused by heat
vernacularusing a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language
vetoan authoritative prohibition : interdiction