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 |
|---|---|
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| convention | agreement |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| epoch | an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development |
| pulsate | to throb or move rhythmically : vibrate |