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 |
|---|---|
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| blunt | having an edge or point that is not sharp |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |