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 |
|---|---|
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| ingratiate | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
| steep | lofty |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| subordinate | placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |