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 |
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incense | material used to produce a fragrant odor when burned |
melee | a confused struggle |
beleaguer | besiege |
termination | end in time or existence : conclusion |
officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
aseptic | preventing infection |
petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
disgruntle | to make ill-humored or discontented |