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 |
|---|---|
| countenance | look |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| demure | reserved |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| replica | an exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| overwhelm | upset |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |