GRE Word List

RAGAMUFFIN

a ragged often disreputable person

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

Random words

WordMeaning
forbearancea refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due
limberhaving a supple and resilient quality (as of mind or body) : agile
terminalleading ultimately to death : fatal
enclavea distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory
worldlyof, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs
obduratestubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
arbitera person with power to decide a dispute : judge
extraditionthe surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge
deportto send out of the country by legal deportation
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work