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 |
|---|---|
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| cemetery | a burial ground |
| gamely | a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other |
| wry | twist |
| neologism | a new word, usage, or expression |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| bid | to offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance |