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 |
|---|---|
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| dally | to act playfully |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| charm | the chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation |
| ferment | to undergo fermentation |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |