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 |
|---|---|
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |