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 |
|---|---|
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
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| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
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| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
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