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 |
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abbreviate | to make briefer |
nullify | to make null (see null |
ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |
inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |