GRE Word List

RUFFIAN

a brutal person : bully

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

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WordMeaning
condoneto regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless
cauterizeto sear with a cautery or caustic
executionerone who executes
aspireto seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal
expositoryof, relating to, or containing exposition
subservientuseful in an inferior capacity : subordinate
glaringhaving a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger
vampirethe reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep
gnarlsnarl
retroactiveextending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past