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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campa 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)
conventionagreement
reprieveto delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner)
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scholarlyof, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned
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precepta command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action
unravelto disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle