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 |
|---|---|
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |
| seasonable | suitable to the season or circumstances : timely |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| meek | enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| impinge | encroach |
| pungent | sharply painful |