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 |
|---|---|
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| conclave | a private meeting or secret assembly |
| trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |
| anomalous | inconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected : irregular |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| hygiene | a science of the establishment and maintenance of health |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |