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 |
|---|---|
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| haggard | not tamed |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| chafe | irritate |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| sodden | dull or expressionless especially from continued indulgence in alcoholic beverages |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| blunt | having an edge or point that is not sharp |