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 |
|---|---|
| hap | happening |
| abide | to bear patiently : tolerate |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| canny | clever |
| offensive | making attack : aggressive |
| escapade | a usually adventurous action that runs counter to approved or conventional conduct |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| physiological | of or relating to physiology |