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 |
|---|---|
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| outgoing | going away : departing |
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| tawny | of the color tawny |
| blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |
| galaxy | milky way galaxy |