GRE Word List

RAGAMUFFIN

a ragged often disreputable person

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

Random words

WordMeaning
hotheada hotheaded person
officiousvolunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome
interloperone that interlopes: such as
deadlocka state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill
hazymade dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze
brackishsomewhat salty
congealto change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold
derivativea word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
smirkto smile in a smug or condescending way