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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formalitycompliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony
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fractioustending to be troublesome : unruly
solsticeeither of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21
badinageplayful repartee : banter
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notcha V-shaped indentation
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