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 |
|---|---|
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| boor | peasant |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| flush | to fly away suddenly |
| remiss | negligent in the performance of work or duty : careless |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |