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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sovereignone possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty
executorone who executes something
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supernumeraryexceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number
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trappingsoutward signs
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