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 |
|---|---|
| paltry | inferior |
| pathological | of or relating to pathology |
| velocity | quickness of motion : speed |
| dally | to act playfully |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| glow | to shine with or as if with an intense heat |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| camaraderie | a spirit of friendly good-fellowship |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |