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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clique | a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons |
cursive | running |
commodious | comfortably or conveniently spacious : roomy |
insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
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