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 |
|---|---|
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| overweening | arrogant |
| trek | to make one's way arduously |
| slake | subside |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| multifarious | having or occurring in great variety : diverse |
| shambles | a meat market |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |