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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obnoxious | odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive |
fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |
pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony (see felony |
fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
expatriate | banish |