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 |
|---|---|
| bloated | overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc. |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| healthful | beneficial to health of body or mind |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| veneer | a thin sheet of a material: such as |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| abase | to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem |