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 |
|---|---|
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| gusty | the sensation of taste |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| concatenate | linked together |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| sherbet | a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |