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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abscissionthe act or process of cutting off : removal
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memorialserving to preserve remembrance : commemorative
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deviseto form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent
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