| argot |
the vocabulary or jargon characteristic of a specific group or class, especially of criminals. |
| centripetal |
forced or moving inward toward a center point or axis. |
| concur |
to share the same opinion; agree. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| lacuna |
a gap or omitted part. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| nonplus |
to cause (someone) to be unable to think of what to say, do, or decide; perplex; bewilder. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |