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 |
|---|---|
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| whimsy | whim |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| refrain | curb |
| monochromatic | having or consisting of one color or hue |