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
choiran organized company of singers (as in a church service)
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval
oratorioa lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery
remitto lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly
mountebanka person who sells quack medicines from a platform
defectan imperfection or abnormality that impairs quality, function, or utility : shortcoming
effulgentradiant splendor : brilliance
salaciousarousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination
squatto cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground
compulsorymandatory