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 |
|---|---|
| profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| grill | to broil on a grill |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| archaeology | the scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |