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 |
|---|---|
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| hierarchy | a division of angels |
| pomposity | pompous demeanor, speech, or behavior |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| polity | political organization |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| abominate | to hate or loathe intensely : abhor |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |