GRE Word List

RAGAMUFFIN

a ragged often disreputable person

The meaning of the word ragamuffin is a ragged often disreputable person.

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modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval
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sparenot being used
rejoinderthe defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication
finesserefinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture
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privationan act or instance of depriving : deprivation
sophomoricconceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature
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