GRE Word List
RAGAMUFFIN
a ragged often disreputable person
The meaning of the word ragamuffin is a ragged often disreputable person.
Random words
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mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
blurt | to utter abruptly and impulsively |
etymology | the 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 |
unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
phylum | a direct line of descent within a group |
trample | tramp |
pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
cue | the letter q |
benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
canine | a conical pointed tooth |