GRE Word List

PROVISIONAL

serving for the time being : temporary

The meaning of the word provisional is serving for the time being : temporary.

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WordMeaning
nostalgiaa wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition
analgesiainsensibility to pain without loss of consciousness
exemptfree or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject
intolerantunable or unwilling to endure
predatoran organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation
suitorone that petitions or entreats
casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
impedimentsomething that impedes
imperilto bring into peril : endanger
providencedivine guidance or care