GRE Word List
PERFUNCTORY
characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical
The meaning of the word perfunctory is characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| convention | agreement |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| methodical | arranged, characterized by, or performed with method or order |
| unsavory | insipid |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |