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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|---|---|
| overweening | arrogant |
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| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |
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