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 |
|---|---|
| bloated | overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc. |
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| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| cryptic | secret |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |
| fiend | devil |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |