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 |
|---|---|
| yield | to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| compact | predominantly formed or filled : composed |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| physiognomy | the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |