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 |
|---|---|
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| exposure | the fact or condition of being exposed: such as |
| tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| horde | a political subdivision of central Asian nomads |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| flaunt | to display or obtrude oneself to public notice |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |