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 |
|---|---|
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| polity | political organization |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| novice | a person admitted to probationary membership in a religious community |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| potentate | ruler |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |