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 |
|---|---|
| subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |
| quarry | game |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| exemplify | to show or illustrate by example |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |