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 |
|---|---|
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| docket | a brief written summary of a document : abstract |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| apostate | one who commits apostasy |
| mortician | undertaker |
| sensuous | of or relating to the senses or sensible objects |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| comport | to be fitting : accord |