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 |
|---|---|
| plethora | an ample amount or number : abundance |
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| volley | the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground |
| weather | the state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| veracious | truthful |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |