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 |
|---|---|
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| osseous | bony |
| abyss | an immeasurably deep gulf or great space |
| fleece | the coat of wool covering a wool-bearing animal (such as a sheep) |
| combustible | capable of combustion |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |