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 |
|---|---|
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| overthrow | overturn |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| verisimilar | having the appearance of truth : probable |
| grotto | cave |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| facade | the front of a building |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| meter | systematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |