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 |
|---|---|
| tactile | perceptible by touch : tangible |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| swear | to utter or take solemnly (an oath) |
| spartan | a native or inhabitant of ancient Sparta |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| tempestuous | of, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |