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 |
|---|---|
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| interloper | one that interlopes: such as |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |