GRE Word List
RUFFIAN
a brutal person : bully
The meaning of the word ruffian is a brutal person : bully.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| deliberate | to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully |
| gusto | an individual or special taste |
| anguish | extreme pain, distress, or anxiety |
| azure | the blue color of the clear sky |
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| motility | the quality or state of being motile : capability of movement |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |