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 |
|---|---|
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| agrarian | of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure |
| eulogy | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| sibling | sib |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |