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 |
|---|---|
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |
| credo | a guiding belief or principle : creed |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
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