GRE Word List
RUFFIAN
a brutal person : bully
The meaning of the word ruffian is a brutal person : bully.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| nomenclature | name |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| incriminate | to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| ventilate | to expose to air and especially to a current of fresh air for purifying, curing, or refreshing |
| unkempt | not combed |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |