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 |
|---|---|
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| botch | an inflammatory sore |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| duration | continuance in time |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |