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

WordMeaning
palleta straw-filled tick or mattress
rummageto make a thorough search or investigation
flickerto move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter
sublimeto cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form
mannerismexaggerated or affected (see affected
isthmusa narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas
shiftto exchange for or replace by another : change
dyspepticindigestion
venerateto regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference
rusea wily subterfuge