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 |
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diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
gloat | to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight |
actuary | clerk |
notch | a V-shaped indentation |
sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
endear | to cause to become beloved or admired |
lout | to bow in respect |
anonymity | the quality or state of being anonymous |
artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |