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 |
|---|---|
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| solemnity | formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |