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 |
|---|---|
| tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
| verity | the quality or state of being true or real |
| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| pacify | to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| stentorian | extremely loud |