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 |
|---|---|
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
| primp | to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner |
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| steep | lofty |
| endorse | to write on the back of |