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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distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
insubordination | disobedient to authority |
deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
mellifluous | having a smooth rich flow |
saunter | to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner : stroll |
bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |