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 |
|---|---|
| dossier | a file containing detailed records on a particular person or subject |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| typhoon | a hurricane occurring especially in the region of the Philippines or the China sea |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| sentient | responsive to or conscious of sense impressions |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |