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 |
|---|---|
| bloated | overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc. |
| fraudulent | characterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| trenchant | keen |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| sanction | a formal decree |