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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| slake | subside |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |