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 |
|---|---|
| convention | agreement |
| dappled | marked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background |
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| nausea | a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| substantial | consisting of or relating to substance |