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 |
|---|---|
| libidinous | having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| arid | excessively dry |
| studious | assiduous in the pursuit of learning |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| serpentine | of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement) |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| 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 |