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.

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WordMeaning
appreciateto grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of
improvidentnot provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future
portendto give an omen or anticipatory sign of
mangyaffected with or resulting from mange
optimumthe amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end
interto deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb
chorusa company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action
flicka light sharp jerky stroke or movement
ambiguousdoubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness
exoticintroduced from another country : not native to the place where found