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 |
|---|---|
| rare | seldom occurring or found : uncommon |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| rabble | a disorganized or confused collection of things |
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |