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 |
|---|---|
| queasy | causing nausea |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| impartial | not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| trappings | outward signs |