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 |
|---|---|
| rag | a waste piece of cloth |
| colossal | of, relating to, or resembling a colossus |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |