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.

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recapitulateto retell or restate briefly : summarize
ostentatiousattracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation
taciturntemperamentally disinclined to talk
salvagecompensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck
dregssediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate
hewto cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument
dooma law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England
queruloushabitually complaining
baubletrinket
postmortemdone, occurring, or collected after death