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 |
|---|---|
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
| enamored | affected by strong feelings of love, admiration, or fascination |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |
| entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |
| evoke | to call forth or up: such as |
| blackball | to vote against |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |