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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| atypical | not typical : irregular |
| evenhanded | fair |
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| rally | to muster for a common purpose |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |