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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sportive | frolicsome |
lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |
prolific | producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful |
subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
puzzle | to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally |
atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
invoke | to petition for help or support |