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 |
|---|---|
| descry | to catch sight of |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| accomplice | one associated with another especially in wrongdoing |
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| resplendent | shining brilliantly : characterized by a glowing splendor |
| hindmost | farthest to the rear : last |