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 |
|---|---|
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| embryonic | of or relating to an embryo |
| ignite | to set afire |
| reimburse | to pay back to someone : repay |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |