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 |
|---|---|
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| combustible | capable of combustion |
| contest | strive |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| sap | the fluid part of a plant |
| beleaguer | besiege |