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 |
|---|---|
| array | to dress or decorate especially in splendid or impressive attire : adorn |
| guffaw | a loud or boisterous burst of laughter |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| smirk | to smile in a smug or condescending way |
| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| platonic | of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |