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 |
|---|---|
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| flighty | swift |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| combustible | capable of combustion |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |