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 |
|---|---|
| skulk | to move in a stealthy or furtive manner |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| epicurean | of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| faction | a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| swipe | a strong sweeping blow |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |