GRE Word List
RUFFIAN
a brutal person : bully
The meaning of the word ruffian is a brutal person : bully.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| piebald | composed of incongruous parts |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| trample | tramp |
| whinny | to neigh especially in a low or gentle way |
| sere | being dried and withered |