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 |
|---|---|
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| hazardous | involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm) |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| nutrient | furnishing nourishment |
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
| artful | performed with or showing art or skill |