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 |
|---|---|
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| conglomerate | made up of parts from various sources or of various kinds |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |