GRE Word List
ARGOT
slang; speech spoken by only a small group of people
The meaning of the word argot is slang; speech spoken by only a small group of people.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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orator | public speaker |
beware | be cautious (of) |
spectral | ghostly; N. specter: spectre; ghost; phantom |
suffragist | advocate of the extension of voting rights (for women); CF. suffrage |
writhe | twist in coils; contort in pain |
toll | sound (a large bell) slowly at regular intervals; N: sound of a bell; fixed tax or charge |
valediction | saying farewell; expression of leave-taking |
adversity | great hardship or affliction; misfortune; calamitous event |
extrapolation | projection; conjecture; V. extrapolate: infer (unknown information) from known information |
abbreviate | shorten |