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 |
|---|---|
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |
| antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |
| conformist | one who conforms : a person who behaves in accordance with prevailing standards or customs and typically dislikes or avoids unconventional behavior |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| asunder | into parts |