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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tantrum | a fit of bad temper |
voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
contest | strive |