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 |
|---|---|
| narrative | something that is narrated : story |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| calorific | caloric |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| coma | a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |