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 |
|---|---|
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| convention | agreement |
| litter | a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| absolute | free from imperfection : perfect |
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| heterogeneous | consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed |