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 |
|---|---|
| fluke | flatfish |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| superficial | of, relating to, or located near a surface |