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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |