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 |
|---|---|
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| furor | an angry or maniacal fit : rage |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
| fanaticism | fanatic outlook or behavior |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |