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 |
|---|---|
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| bemoan | to express deep grief or distress over |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |