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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expiate | to make amends for |
| voodoo | a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| thrive | to grow vigorously : flourish |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| novice | a person admitted to probationary membership in a religious community |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |