peruse
puh-ROOZverbMeaning to read carefully; also, often, to look over casually
Memory hook PER-USE: go THROUGH every word. Professor Edwin reads the old treasure map with a magnifying glass, every tiny word and line, twice; he peruses it.
Before signing, Dad perused every page of the lease.
In context Rather than skim the contract, the lawyer perused it line by line, circling three clauses that would have cost her client thousands of dollars.
Similar read, study, examine, scrutinize
Opposite skim, glance at