GRE Word List
COLLOQUIAL
pertaining to conversational or common speech; informal; N. colloquialism: colloquial expression
The meaning of the word colloquial is pertaining to conversational or common speech; informal; N. colloquialism: colloquial expression.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chafe | warm by rubbing; make sore by rubbing; N. |
| constituent | supporter; voter; member of a constituency; component |
| advert | refer |
| assiduous | diligent |
| zest | outer skin of an orange used for giving a special taste to food; spice; interest; flavor; spirited enjoyment; Ex. add a certain zest to the affair; Ex. zest for life |
| high-flown | highly pretentious or inflated |
| hypnosis | induced sleeping state; ADJ. hypnotic; V. hypnotize |
| incrustation | hard coating or crust; V. incrust: encrust; cover with a crust |
| recast | reconstruct (a sentence, story, statue, etc.); fashion again |
| alloy | mixture as of metals; something added that lowers in value or purity; V: mix; make less pure; lower in value or quality; spoil; CF. unalloyed: not in mixture with other maetals; pure; complete; unqualified; Ex. unalloyed happiness |