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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massthe liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist
blurtto utter abruptly and impulsively
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
unassailablenot assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question
phyluma direct line of descent within a group
trampletramp
pinnaclean upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress
cuethe letter q
benevolentmarked by or disposed to doing good
caninea conical pointed tooth