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 |
|---|---|
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| anguish | extreme pain, distress, or anxiety |
| passe | past one's prime |
| garnish | decorate |
| felon | one who has committed a felony |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| bigotry | obstinate or intolerant devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices : the state of mind of a bigot |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |