GRE Word List
RUFFIAN
a brutal person : bully
The meaning of the word ruffian is a brutal person : bully.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| guileless | innocent |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |