GRE Word List
CURSORY
rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty
The meaning of the word cursory is rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| orthodox | conforming to established doctrine especially in religion |
| bantering | to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| askew | out of line : at an angle |
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |