GRE Word List
RANSACK
to look through thoroughly in often a rough way
The meaning of the word ransack is to look through thoroughly in often a rough way.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hazard | a source of danger |
| tract | a system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| valor | strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
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