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 |
|---|---|
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| pediatrician | a specialist in pediatrics |
| agility | the quality or state of being agile : nimbleness |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| cohorts | companion |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| pan | a usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking) |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |