Perusal

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Perusal
- The action of reading or examining something.
- The act of perusing; survey; scrutiny:

Usage:
- Lawyer Calls for Perusal of the plan Before Ratification
- Perusal of the main parties’ manifestos shows no one is offering more liberty.

Petrify

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Petrify
- Paralyse with astonishment, horror, or other strong emotion.
- To convert into stone or a stony substance.

Petrified Wood at The Houston Museum of Natural Science.
Image Credits : Paul Cooper

Usage:
- They are petrified as the town is under attack.
- The tragedy in his life petrified his emotions.