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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contritefeeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc.
vantagea position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view
dowseto plunge into water
draconianof, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him
marginthe part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter
insensatelacking sense or understanding
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
hindmostfarthest to the rear : last
virtualbeing such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted
attenuateto lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken