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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| random | a haphazard course |
| chortle | to sing or chant exultantly |
| blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| confidential | marked by intimacy or willingness to confide |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |