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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vertigoa sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily
immureto enclose within or as if within walls
sheatheto put into or furnish with a sheath
unregeneratenot regenerate
maraudto roam about and raid in search of plunder
ribaldmarked by coarseness or lewdness : crude
pendulouspoised without visible support
encircleto form a circle around : surround
epistemologistthe study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity
ellipsisthe omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete