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
snivelto run at the nose
magistratean official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as
cuisinemanner of preparing food : style of cooking
withholdto hold back from action : check
lethalof, relating to, or causing death
nubileof marriageable condition or age
ambleto go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter
compensatoryto be equivalent to : counterbalance
stringenttight
allayto subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate