GRE Word List
CURSORY
casual; hastily done with little attention to detail
The meaning of the word cursory is casual; hastily done with little attention to detail.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tarnish | make or become dull or discolored; N. |
| haggle | argue about prices (in an attempt to bargain) |
| sybarite | lover of luxury; person devoted to pleasure and luxury; CF. Sybaris: an ancient Greek city in Italy |
| wrongheaded | stubbornly wrong |
| unsullied | untarnished; CF. sully |
| cavalier | casual and offhand; arrogant; N: knight |
| rapacious | voracious; ravenous; taking everything one can; excessively grasping; plundering; subsisting on live prey; Ex. rapacious birds |
| defrock | strip a priest or minister of church authority; unfrock |
| maritime | bordering on(adjacent to) the sea; nautical; of the ships or the sea; Ex. Maritime Provinces |
| machinations | evil schemes or plots; schemes or plots to achieve an evil end; V. machinate |
