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 |
|---|---|
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| arcade | a long arched building or gallery |
| anesthetic | of, relating to, or capable of producing anesthesia |
| mulct | fine |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| catapult | an ancient military device for hurling missiles |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |