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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| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
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| resign | relegate |
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