GRE Word List
COLLOQUIAL
used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation
The meaning of the word colloquial is used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| altercation | a noisy, heated, angry dispute |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
| postulate | demand |
| feebleminded | impaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |