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 |
|---|---|
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| mishap | an unfortunate accident |