GRE Word List
RAGAMUFFIN
a ragged often disreputable person
The meaning of the word ragamuffin is a ragged often disreputable person.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| violate | break |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| memento | something that serves to warn or remind |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |