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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |