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 |
|---|---|
| slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |
| ethos | the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| veracious | truthful |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| declivity | downward inclination |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |