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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|---|---|
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| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| incense | material used to produce a fragrant odor when burned |
| sentinel | sentry |
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| clavicle | a bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |
