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 |
|---|---|
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |
| glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |