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 |
|---|---|
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| determinate | having defined limits |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| convention | agreement |
| succor | relief |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |