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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WordMeaning
raspto rub with something rough
eclipticof or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse
campa place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers)
regenta person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign
reciprocalinversely related : opposite
disingenuouslacking in candor
exceptionablebeing likely to cause objection : objectionable
syntheticrelating to or involving synthesis : not analytic
disputatiousinclined to dispute
quellto thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity