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

WordMeaning
entourageone's attendants or associates
debarto bar from having or doing something : preclude
oddsthe probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances
deltathe 4th letter of the Greek alphabet see Alphabet Table
vetoan authoritative prohibition : interdiction
defeatistan attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat
emaciatedvery thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
dramaa composition (see composition
diaphanouscharacterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through