perusal

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: pe=rus=al

CIDE DICTIONARY

perusal, n. [From Peruse.].

•  The act of carefully viewing or examining.  Tatler.  [1913 Webster]
•  The act of reading, especially of reading through or with care.  Woodward.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

perusal

application, boning, brainwork, check, conning, contemplation, cram, cramming, drill, engrossment, examination, exercise, extensive study, grind, grinding, headwork, inspection, lucubration, mental labor, overhaul, overhauling, perlustration, practice, quality control, reading, restudy, restudying, review, run-through, scan, scanning, scrutiny, study, studying, subject, survey, swotting, visitation, wide reading

ROGET THESAURUS

perusal

Learning

N learning, acquisition of knowledge &c, acquisition of skill, acquirement, attainment, edification, scholarship, erudition, acquired knowledge, lore, wide information, self-instruction, study, reading, perusal, inquiry, apprenticeship, prenticeship, pupilage, pupilarity, tutelage, novitiate, matriculation, docility, aptitude, studious, scholastic, scholarly, teachable, docile, apt &c, industrious, at one's books, in statu pupillari, a lumber-house of books in every head, ancora imparo!, hold high converse with the mighty dead, lash'd into Latin by the tingling rod.