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 |
|---|---|
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| feign | to give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| unison | identity in musical pitch |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| helm | a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering |
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |