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 |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| dawdle | to spend time idly |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| compartment | a separate division or section |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |