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 |
|---|---|
| dishearten | to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |