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 |
|---|---|
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
| rivet | a 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 |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |