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 |
|---|---|
| disparate | markedly distinct in quality or character |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |
| abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| outwit | to get the better of by superior cleverness : outsmart |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| fusillade | a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |