GRE Word List
PROVISIONAL
serving for the time being : temporary
The meaning of the word provisional is serving for the time being : temporary.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| hover | to position (a computer cursor) over something (such as an image or icon) without selecting it |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |