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 |
|---|---|
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| vertex | the top of the head |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| circlet | a little circle |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |