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 |
|---|---|
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| appall | to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay |
| vent | to provide with a vent |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |