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 |
|---|---|
| provision | the act or process of providing |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| optician | a maker of or dealer in optical items and instruments |
| exchequer | a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| reproach | an expression of rebuke or disapproval |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| proscenium | the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |