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 |
|---|---|
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
| nutrition | the act or process of nourishing or being nourished |
| congenial | pleasant |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| libretto | the text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater |
| underscore | to draw a line under : underline |