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 |
|---|---|
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |