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 |
|---|---|
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| figment | something made up or contrived |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| lackadaisical | lacking life, spirit, or zest : languid |
| physiognomy | the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance |
| blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |