read

read
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v
1. peruse, study, go over, review, run over or through; pore over, wade through, plunge into, consume, devour, bury oneself in; scrutinize, attend to, pay attention to; go over quickly, thumb through, flip through, scan, skim, glance or run the eye over, dip into.
2. interpret, analyze, define, translate; decipher, figure out, deduce, gather, take to mean; discern, perceive, discover; express, explain.
3. foresee, foretell, predict, forecast, prognosticate; prophesy, vaticinate, divine, soothsay, haruspicate.
4. deliver, recite, elocutionize, present; declaim, orate.
5. read for
study for, study, go in for, specialize in; major in, minor in.
6. read into
a. infer, interpolate, assume; read between the lines, see beneath the surface; interject, insert, place in, add in, drag in, draw in.b. misconstrue, misinterpret, see in a false light, see with a jaundiced eye, see more than is there.
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adj
learned, versed, well-versed, conversant; at home, familiar, acquainted, easy with; skilled, strong, proficient, master of, grounded, well-grounded, solid.

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