GRE Word List
RUFFIAN
a brutal person : bully
The meaning of the word ruffian is a brutal person : bully.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |