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 |
|---|---|
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| upright | perpendicular |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| coma | a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison |
| bulk | magnitude |
| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| entrepreneur | one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise |