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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| fester | to generate pus |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| savor | the taste or smell of something |
| evenhanded | fair |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |