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 |
|---|---|
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| clientele | a body of clients |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| unfrock | defrock |
| churlish | of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |