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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |