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 |
|---|---|
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| circuit | a usually circular line encompassing an area |
| disclaim | to make a disclaimer |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |