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 |
|---|---|
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| dauntless | incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless |
| volley | the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |