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 |
|---|---|
| high-flown | exceedingly or excessively high or favorable |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |