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 |
|---|---|
| elixir | a substance held capable of changing base metals into gold |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| incantation | a use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic |
| parlance | speech |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |