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 |
|---|---|
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
| blurt | to utter abruptly and impulsively |
| tome | book |
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| fulcrum | prop |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |