GRE Word List

RAGAMUFFIN

a ragged often disreputable person

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

Random words

WordMeaning
idylla simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment
limpto walk lamely
pivotalof, relating to, or constituting a pivot
exiguousexcessively scanty : inadequate
tantruma fit of bad temper
dispenseto divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions
claspa device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together
bombardmenta late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones
extrapolationto predict by projecting past experience or known data
schismdivision