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 |
|---|---|
| predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |
| doctrine | a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| blasphemy | the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| acclaim | applaud |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| guileless | innocent |