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 |
|---|---|
| graduated | marked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| billow | wave |
| snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |
| torrent | a violent or forceful flow of fluid |
| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |