GRE Word List

RAGAMUFFIN

a ragged often disreputable person

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

Random words

WordMeaning
exemplarydeserving imitation : commendable
metaphysicalof or relating to metaphysics
puckerto become wrinkled or constricted
perpetuateto make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely
conundruman intricate and difficult problem
freneticmarked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied
rolling(of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments
miasmaa vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease
vulnerablecapable of being physically or emotionally wounded
autopsyan examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease