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 |
|---|---|
| condign | deserved |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| presume | to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |