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 |
|---|---|
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
| verbalize | to express something in words |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| sheer | unqualified |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| reverend | worthy of reverence : revered |
| smart | having or showing a high degree of mental ability : intelligent |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |