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 |
|---|---|
| comprise | to be made up of |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| calligraphy | artistic, stylized, or elegant handwriting or lettering |
| shrew | any 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 |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| yore | time past and especially long past |