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 |
|---|---|
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| centrifuge | a machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |