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 |
|---|---|
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| epaulet | something that ornaments or protects the shoulder: such as |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| infidel | one who is not a Christian or who opposes Christianity |