GRE Word List
RUFFIAN
a brutal person : bully
The meaning of the word ruffian is a brutal person : bully.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| solitude | the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| relent | to become less severe, harsh, or strict usually from reasons of humanity |
| resolution | the act or process of resolving: such as |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |