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 |
|---|---|
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| antiquity | ancient times |
| pose | to set forth or offer for attention or consideration |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| vertigo | a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |