GRE Word List
JARGON
the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group
The meaning of the word jargon is the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| realm | kingdom |
| append | attach |
| dappled | marked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
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| hull | the outer covering of a fruit or seed |