GRE Word List
SCRUTINIZE
to examine closely and minutely
The meaning of the word scrutinize is to examine closely and minutely.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| practical | of, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| kneel | to position the body so that one or both knees rest on the floor |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| calorific | caloric |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |