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 |
|---|---|
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| obstreperous | marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : clamorous |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |