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 |
|---|---|
| throes | pang |
| disparate | markedly distinct in quality or character |
| admonish | to indicate duties or obligations to |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| natal | native |