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 |
|---|---|
| bigotry | obstinate or intolerant devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices : the state of mind of a bigot |
| raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
| arrhythmic | lacking rhythm or regularity |