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Word: perfunctory

Definition: done routinely and with little care; superficial; not thorough; lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm; Ex. perfunctory kiss


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::: bode - foreshadow; portend
::: inconsequential - insignificant; unimportant
::: idyllic - charmingly carefree; simple and happy; Ex. idyllic scene
::: arboreal - of or living in trees
::: dazzle - make blind with a sudden intense light; amaze; fill with wonder
::: subtlety - perceptiveness; ingenuity; delicacy; ADJ. subtle: delicate; so slight as to be difficult to detect; able to make fine distinctions; clever; Ex. subtle mind/differences in meaning
::: disjointed - disconnected; lacking coherence; V. disjoint: disconnect; disjoin
::: predilection - preference; partiality
::: fancied - imagined; unreal
::: induct - place formally in office; install; admit as a member; initiate; N. induction: inducting; process of deriving general principles from particular facts