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 |
|---|---|
| faction | a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| modulate | to tune to a key or pitch |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| libel | a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought |
| estranged | having lost former closeness and affection : in a state of alienation from a previous close or familial relationship |
| overthrow | overturn |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |