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 |
|---|---|
| grill | to broil on a grill |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| posture | the position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| dynamo | generator |
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |