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 |
|---|---|
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| champion | a winner of first prize or first place in competition |
| mellifluous | having a smooth rich flow |
| stink | to emit a strong offensive odor |
| giddy | dizzy |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |