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 |
|---|---|
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| quarry | game |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |
| nomadic | of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| tart | agreeably sharp or acid to the taste |
| coeval | of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration |