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 |
|---|---|
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| commodious | comfortably or conveniently spacious : roomy |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |