GRE Word List
RUFFIAN
a brutal person : bully
The meaning of the word ruffian is a brutal person : bully.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| heed | to pay attention |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| bantering | to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| beeline | a straight direct course |