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 |
|---|---|
| wanton | merciless |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| tart | agreeably sharp or acid to the taste |
| dexterous | mentally adroit and skillful : clever |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |