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 |
|---|---|
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| transition | a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another |
| pulsate | to throb or move rhythmically : vibrate |
| prank | trick |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| glean | to gather grain or other produce left by reapers |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |