GRE Word List
OFFHAND
without premeditation or preparation : extempore
The meaning of the word offhand is without premeditation or preparation : extempore.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| feebleminded | impaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability |
| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |