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 |
|---|---|
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| hallowed | holy |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |