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

WordMeaning
sublimatesublime
edifyto instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift
bawdyboisterously or humorously indecent
extortto obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring
legislaturea body of persons having the power to legislate
permissivegranted on sufferance : tolerated
welta strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together
unseemlynot seemly: such as
rectifyto set right : remedy
predicamentthe character, status, or classification assigned by a predication