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 |
|---|---|
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| ecosystem | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit |
| nomadic | of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads |