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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WordMeaning
peruseto examine or consider with attention and in detail : study
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embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
bruisean injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion
predatoran organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation
commonwealtha nation, state, or other political unit: such as
compromisesettlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
moleculethe smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property
shudderto tremble convulsively : shiver
liabilitythe quality or state of being liable