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 |
|---|---|
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark |
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |
| dissection | the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| ensconce | shelter |