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 |
|---|---|
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| jurisprudence | the science or philosophy of law |
| bauble | trinket |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| champion | a winner of first prize or first place in competition |