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 |
|---|---|
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| grudging | unwilling |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |