GRE Word List
RUMMAGE
to make a thorough search or investigation
The meaning of the word rummage is to make a thorough search or investigation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| yield | to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation |
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |