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 |
|---|---|
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |
| append | attach |
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
| papyrus | a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| clown | farmer |
| rare | seldom occurring or found : uncommon |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| urge | to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly |