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 |
|---|---|
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| farce | stuff |
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| compulsory | mandatory |
| condiments | something used to enhance the flavor of food |