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 |
|---|---|
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| schism | division |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| falter | to walk unsteadily : stumble |
| combustible | capable of combustion |