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 |
|---|---|
| astronomical | of or relating to astronomy |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| lumen | the cavity of a tubular organ or part |
| hurl | rush |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| beguile | hoodwink |
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |