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 |
|---|---|
| appellation | an identifying name or title : designation |
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| portly | dignified |
| plethora | an ample amount or number : abundance |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |