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 |
|---|---|
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| ubiquitous | existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread |
| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| pendant | something suspended: such as |
| raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |