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 |
|---|---|
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| scion | descendant |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| thespian | actor |
| prolific | producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful |
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
| conflagration | fire |
| wrench | to move with a violent twist |