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 |
|---|---|
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| comely | pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion |
| rummage | to make a thorough search or investigation |
| dissension | disagreement |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |