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 |
|---|---|
| ambience | a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| lode | waterway |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
| philatelist | a specialist in philately : one who collects or studies stamps |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| thrive | to grow vigorously : flourish |