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 |
|---|---|
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| sentimental | marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism |
| exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| plutocracy | government by the wealthy |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |