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 |
|---|---|
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| executor | one who executes something |
| impartial | not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| trappings | outward signs |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |