GRE Word List

RAGAMUFFIN

a ragged often disreputable person

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

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WordMeaning
hiatusa break in or as if in a material object : gap
complacencyself-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies
provisoan article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition
prophylacticguarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection
melancholydepression of spirits : dejection
embryonicof or relating to an embryo
igniteto set afire
reimburseto pay back to someone : repay
sundryincluding many things of different kinds : miscellaneous
pragmaticrelating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic