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 |
|---|---|
| innovation | a new idea, method, or device : novelty |
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| drab | slattern |
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| renovate | to restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding) |
| embroider | to ornament with needlework |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |