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 |
|---|---|
| finale | the close or termination of something: such as |
| opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |
| seasonable | suitable to the season or circumstances : timely |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| rhapsodize | to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |