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 |
|---|---|
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |
| grumble | to mutter in discontent |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| connoisseur | expert |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| quotidian | occurring every day |