GRE Word List

RAGAMUFFIN

a ragged often disreputable person

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

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WordMeaning
capillaryresembling a hair especially in slender elongated form
controvertto dispute or oppose by reasoning
minusculevery small
affinityrelationship by marriage
elicitto call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response)
indissolublenot dissoluble
supererogatoryobserved or performed to an extent not enjoined or required
vacuousemptied of or lacking content
shrewany 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
stunto make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze