GRE Word List
COLLOQUIAL
pertaining to conversational or common speech; informal; N. colloquialism: colloquial expression
The meaning of the word colloquial is pertaining to conversational or common speech; informal; N. colloquialism: colloquial expression.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| summation | act of finding the total; summing-up; summary (esp. one given by the judge at the end of a trial) |
| padre | chaplain (in the armed forces) |
| lampoon | ridicule; N: written attack ridiculing or satirizing a person, group, or institution |
| ruffian | violent scoundrel; bully |
| ruddy | reddish; (of the face) reddish and healthy-looking |
| malignant | tending to cause death; highly injurious; aggressively malevolent; Ex. malignant tumor |
| bandy | discuss lightly or glibly; discuss in a frivolous manner; exchange (words) heatedly; quarrel; Ex. bandy words with |
| besiege | surround with armed forces; harass (with requests); annoy continually |
| ostracize | banish from a group; exclude from public favor; ban; Ex. His friends ostracized him. N. ostracism |
| physiognomy | face (as showing the character and the mind); art of judging human character from facial features |
