GRE Word List
RUFFIAN
a brutal person : bully
The meaning of the word ruffian is a brutal person : bully.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| psyche | a princess loved by Cupid |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| rococo | rococo work or style |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |
| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| venison | the edible flesh of a game animal and especially a deer |