GRE Word List
GLIB
showing little forethought or preparation : offhand
The meaning of the word glib is showing little forethought or preparation : offhand.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| approbation | commendation |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| armada | a fleet of warships |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
| padre | a Christian clergyman |