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 |
|---|---|
| ogle | to glance with amorous invitation or challenge |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| repose | a state of resting after exertion or strain |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| piebald | composed of incongruous parts |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| reverie | daydream |
| chant | to make melodic sounds with the voice |
| integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |