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 |
|---|---|
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| unfrock | defrock |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| sumptuous | extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent |
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |