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 |
|---|---|
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| thrall | a state of servitude or submission |
| civil | of or relating to citizens |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |
| executor | one who executes something |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| hereafter | after this in sequence or in time |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |