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 |
|---|---|
| chafe | irritate |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| ensconce | shelter |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
| conclusive | of, relating to, or being a conclusion |
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| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |