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 |
|---|---|
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
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| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| embark | to go on board a vehicle for transportation |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| conveyance | the action of conveying |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |