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 |
|---|---|
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |