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 |
|---|---|
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |
| tanner | one that tans hides |
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| flirt | to move erratically : flit |