GRE Word List

RAGAMUFFIN

a ragged often disreputable person

The meaning of the word ragamuffin is a ragged often disreputable person.

Random words

WordMeaning
imperviousnot allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable
riveta headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head
prosaiccharacteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual
impersonalhaving no personal reference or connection
galvanizeto subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically
indentationthe blank space produced by indenting : indention
abstinencethe practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable
breedto produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation
improvidentnot provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future
expropriateto deprive of possession or proprietary rights