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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WordMeaning
covetousmarked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions
suitorone that petitions or entreats
mediateoccupying a middle position
sallowany of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark
antlerone of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family
tureena deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served
extricateto free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty
moleculethe smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property
remediablecapable of being remedied
metricalof, relating to, or composed in meter