GRE Word List

RUFFIAN

a brutal person : bully

The meaning of the word ruffian is a brutal person : bully.

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bedraggleto wet thoroughly
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fetefestival
festerto generate pus
tarryto delay or be tardy in acting or doing
bidto offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance
recastto cast again
exactto call for forcibly or urgently and obtain
deprecateto express disapproval of
crossa structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution