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 |
|---|---|
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| glow | to shine with or as if with an intense heat |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |
| mimicry | an instance of mimicking |
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |