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 |
|---|---|
| descry | to catch sight of |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| dexterous | mentally adroit and skillful : clever |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |