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.

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WordMeaning
libidinoushaving or marked by lustful desires : lascivious
slywise in practical affairs
crabbedmarked by a forbidding moroseness
gaffea social or diplomatic blunder
necromancyconjuration (see conjure
auxiliaryoffering or providing help
quagmiresoft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot
ratiocinationthe process of exact thinking : reasoning
apprehensiveviewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future
sensualrelating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly