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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| occident | west |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| seamy | having the rough side of the seam showing |
| functional | of, connected with, or being a function |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| endearment | a word or an act (such as a caress) expressing affection |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |