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 |
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| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| thermal | of, relating to, or caused by heat |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |