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 |
|---|---|
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| elixir | a substance held capable of changing base metals into gold |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| mandate | an authoritative command |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |