GRE Word List
ARGOT
the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group
The meaning of the word argot is the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
underlying | lying beneath or below |
context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
oblivious | lacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention |