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 |
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resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
cremate | to subject to cremation |
stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
conceit | favorable opinion |
pugilist | fighter |
deliberate | to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully |
boon | a timely benefit : blessing |
frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |