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 |
|---|---|
| mediocre | of moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance : ordinary |
| factious | of or relating to faction: such as |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| upright | perpendicular |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |