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 |
|---|---|
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| blare | to sound loud and strident |
| wag | to be in motion : stir |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| chaotic | marked by chaos or being in a state of chaos : completely confused or disordered |
| certitude | the state of being or feeling certain |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |