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 |
|---|---|
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| uniformity | the quality or state of being uniform |
| revoke | to annul by recalling or taking back : rescind |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |