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 |
|---|---|
| bolster | a long pillow or cushion |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| wrench | to move with a violent twist |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |