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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| blackball | to vote against |
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| embryonic | of or relating to an embryo |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| naivete | a naive remark or action |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |