GRE Word List
OFFHAND
without premeditation or preparation : extempore
The meaning of the word offhand is without premeditation or preparation : extempore.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nomenclature | name |
| dominant | commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others |
| limp | to walk lamely |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| compact | predominantly formed or filled : composed |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |