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 |
|---|---|
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| unique | being the only one : sole |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |