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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| stench | stink |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |
| hierarchy | a division of angels |