GRE Word List

RAGAMUFFIN

a ragged often disreputable person

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

Random words

WordMeaning
homogeneousof the same or a similar kind or nature
succumbto yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire
asymmetrichaving two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical
ostensibleintended for display : open to view
grotesquea style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature
penitentfeeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant
onusburden
pluckto pull or pick off or out
personifyto conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers
abstainto choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice