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 |
|---|---|
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| haven | harbor |
| hibernal | of, relating to, or occurring in winter |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| expiate | to make amends for |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| brawn | the flesh of a boar |
| delirium | an acute (see acute |