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 |
|---|---|
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| conflagration | fire |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| indefatigable | incapable of being fatigued : untiring |