GRE Word List
RUFFIAN
a brutal person : bully
The meaning of the word ruffian is a brutal person : bully.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ambience | a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |
| whittle | a large knife |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |