GRE Word List
PERUSE
to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study
The meaning of the word peruse is to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study.
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| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| circuit | a usually circular line encompassing an area |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| litigation | the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating |
| berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |