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 |
|---|---|
| hale | free from defect, disease, or infirmity : sound |
| din | a loud continued noise |
| prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |
| chassis | the supporting frame of a structure (such as an automobile or television) |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| boor | peasant |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| couple | two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |