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 |
|---|---|
| jovial | characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| illuminate | to supply or brighten with light |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| nausea | a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| dismantle | to disconnect the pieces of |
| sherbet | a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |