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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WordMeaning
tiradea protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
amoralhaving or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong
factiousof or relating to faction: such as
credoa guiding belief or principle : creed
exorciseto expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration
dilateto become enlarged or widened
frictionthe rubbing of one body against another
homilya usually short sermon
sanguinarybloodthirsty