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 |
|---|---|
| precipitous | precipitate |
| lustrous | reflecting light evenly and efficiently without glitter or sparkle |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony (see felony |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |