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 |
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| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| vilify | to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |