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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blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
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termination | end in time or existence : conclusion |
oversee | survey |
meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
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