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 |
|---|---|
| generate | to bring into existence: such as |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |