GRE Word List
OFFHAND
casual; done without prior thought or preparation
The meaning of the word offhand is casual; done without prior thought or preparation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| solicit | entreat; request earnestly; seek to obtain; Ex. solicit votes; CF. solicitor: one who solicits; chief law officer |
| intimate | hint; suggest; imply; ADJ: marked by close relationship; familiar; private; personal; Ex. intimate knowledge/thoughts in the diary; N: close friend or confidant; CF. intimacy |
| obeisance | bow (to show respect and obedience) |
| bauble | trinket; cheap jewel; trifle |
| mortify | humiliate by embarassing excessively; shame; punish the flesh; discipline (one's body) by self-denial; Ex. mortified by her blunder; Ex. mortify the flesh; CF. cause to die |
| replete | fully filled; filled to the brim or to the point of being stuffed; abundantly supplied; Ex. report replete with errors |
| precipitate | hurl downward; throw headlong; hasten; cause to happen sooner; condense and fall as rain or snow; cause (a solid substance) to be separated from a solution; ADJ. hasty; rash; premature; sudden |
| incline | slope; slant; Ex. steep incline |
| laity | laypersons; laymen; persons not connected with the clergy |
| itinerant | wandering; traveling from place to place (to perform work); Ex. itinerant preacher |
