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 |
|---|---|
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| garnish | decorate |
| disinterested | not having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged |
| etymology | the 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 |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| verge | brink |