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 |
|---|---|
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| asteroid | any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter |
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| plump | to drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| academic | of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning |