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 |
|---|---|
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| cow | the mature female of cattle (genus Bos) |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| deserts | arid land with usually sparse vegetation |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |
| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
| encompass | include |