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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distant | separated in space : away |
alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
lag | one that lags or is last |
nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
serenity | the quality or state of being serene |
polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |
clime | climate |