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 |
|---|---|
| doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |
| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |
| exemplary | deserving imitation : commendable |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
| affable | being pleasant and at ease in talking to others |
| corrugated | having corrugations |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| ursine | of or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae) |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |