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 |
|---|---|
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| reaper | one that reaps |
| assay | to analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| cajole | to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance : coax |