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 |
|---|---|
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| unfrock | defrock |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| indisputable | not disputable : unquestionable |
| appall | to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| motility | the quality or state of being motile : capability of movement |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |