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 |
|---|---|
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| modulate | to tune to a key or pitch |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| verge | brink |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| comprehensive | covering completely or broadly : inclusive |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |
| intermediary | mediator |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |