GRE Word List

SCRUTINIZE

to examine closely and minutely

The meaning of the word scrutinize is to examine closely and minutely.

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mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
bequeathto give or leave by will (see will
protocolan original draft, minute, or record of a document or transaction
desperatehaving lost hope
untenablenot able to be defended
corrosivetending or having the power to corrode
eloquencediscourse marked by force and persuasiveness
convulsionan abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles
prosperitythe condition of being successful or thriving
stiltedpompous