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 |
|---|---|
| unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| monolithic | of, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| jurisdiction | the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| agglomeration | the action or process of collecting in a mass |