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 |
|---|---|
| dismantle | to disconnect the pieces of |
| flaccid | not firm or stiff |
| serenity | the quality or state of being serene |
| sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| incriminate | to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault |
| euphoria | a feeling of well-being or elation |