GRE Word List
RUFFIAN
a brutal person : bully
The meaning of the word ruffian is a brutal person : bully.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disclose | to make known or public |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| verbalize | to express something in words |
| venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |