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 |
|---|---|
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| colander | a perforated utensil for washing or draining food |
| prevalent | generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread |
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| equity | justice according to natural law or right |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |