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 |
|---|---|
| conjure | to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly |
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| chisel | a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal) |
| bestial | of or relating to beasts |
| reactionary | relating to, marked by, or favoring reaction |
| accomplice | one associated with another especially in wrongdoing |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| eventual | contingent |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |