Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

perfunctory

 

1. done routinely (merely to discharge a duty); 2. lacking interest; indifferent; acting merely to discharge a duty

 

After a perfunctory appearance at a neighbor’s graduation reception, he got down to the real business of the day, golfing.

 

Latin root word: perfungor, perfungi, perfunctus sum - to perform, discharge, execute

 

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