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 |
|---|---|
| brawny | muscular |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| infidel | one who is not a Christian or who opposes Christianity |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| dally | to act playfully |
| coax | to influence or gently urge by caressing or flattering : wheedle |
| euphony | pleasing or sweet sound |