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 |
|---|---|
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |
| hirsute | hairy |
| contrive | devise |
| unique | being the only one : sole |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |