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 |
|---|---|
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| dint | force |
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| sound | a particular auditory impression : tone |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |