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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | look at and understand written word |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, bury oneself in, comprehend, construe, decipher, dip into, discover, flip through, gather, glance, go over, go through, interpret, know, leaf through, learn, make out, perceive, peruse, pore over, refer to, scan, scratch the surface, see, skim, study, translate, unravel, view |
| Antonyms: | write |
| Main Entry: | lucubrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | study |
| Synonyms: | apply oneself, bone up, brood over, burn midnight oil, bury oneself in, coach, cogitate, consider, crack the books, cram, dig*, dive into, examine, excogitate, go into, go over, grind*, hit the books, inquire, learn, learn the ropes, meditate, mind, mull over, perpend, peruse, plug*, plunge, polish up, ponder, pore over, read, read up, refresh, think, think out, think over, tutor, weigh |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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