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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officiousvolunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome
proselytizeto induce someone to convert to one's faith
apprehensiveviewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future
credoa guiding belief or principle : creed
triviaunimportant matters : trivial facts or details
authoritarianof, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority
acclaimapplaud
insouciantlighthearted unconcern : nonchalance
coronera usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner
carcinogenicproducing or tending to produce cancer