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 |
|---|---|
| stamina | the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| enclave | a distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| rigor | harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |