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.

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WordMeaning
perorationthe concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration
transportto transfer or convey from one place to another
coaxto influence or gently urge by caressing or flattering : wheedle
haggardnot tamed
festerto generate pus
degradationthe act or process of degrading
institutesomething that is instituted: such as
rapturean expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion
whineto utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language