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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| fruitful | yielding or producing fruit |
| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |
| numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
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| comatose | of, resembling, or affected with coma |