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 |
|---|---|
| conundrum | an intricate and difficult problem |
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| dingy | dirty |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| inundate | overwhelm |