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 |
|---|---|
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| penchant | a strong and continued inclination |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| historical | of, relating to, or having the character of history |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |