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 |
|---|---|
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| bauble | trinket |
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |