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 |
|---|---|
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| indecisive | marked by or prone to indecision : irresolute |