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 |
|---|---|
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| lewd | obscene |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| presume | to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare |
| sodden | dull or expressionless especially from continued indulgence in alcoholic beverages |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| foster | having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for |
| filth | foul or putrid matter |