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 |
|---|---|
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| porous | possessing or full of pores |
| vicar | an ecclesiastical agent: such as |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| seasonal | of, relating to, or varying in occurrence according to the season |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
| leave-taking | departure |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |