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 |
|---|---|
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| delirium | an acute (see acute |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |