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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| filing | an act or instance of using a file |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| kindred | of a similar nature or character : like |
| enervate | lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |