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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| stultify | to have a dulling or inhibiting effect on |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |
| executioner | one who executes |
| plane | airplane |
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |