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

WordMeaning
significanthaving meaning
insensatelacking sense or understanding
campa place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers)
responsivenessgiving response : constituting a response : answering
sanguinemarked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic
esotericdesigned for or understood by the specially initiated alone
treatisea systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached
airyof or relating to air : atmospheric
ineptgenerally incompetent : bungling
invincibleincapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued