GRE Word List
RANSACK
search thoroughly; pillage (going through a place); Ex. Enemy soldiers ransacked the town.
The meaning of the word ransack is search thoroughly; pillage (going through a place); Ex. Enemy soldiers ransacked the town..
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
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| infernal | pertaining to hell; devilish; N. inferno: place of fiery heat or destruction |
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| celibate | abstaining from sexual intercourse; unmarried; N. celibacy |
| alliteration | repetition of beginning sound in poetry |
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| granary | storehouse for grain |
| parable | short simple story teaching a moral |