GRE Word List

RAGAMUFFIN

a ragged often disreputable person

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

Random words

WordMeaning
unwittingnot knowing : unaware
vituperativeuttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse
scapegoata goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur
ingratean ungrateful person
monolithicof, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge
chaffingthe seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain
senilitythe quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age
jurisdictionthe power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
elicitto call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response)
agglomerationthe action or process of collecting in a mass