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 |
|---|---|
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| visage | the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal |
| entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| smirk | to smile in a smug or condescending way |
| aesthetic | of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| rooster | an adult male domestic chicken |
| proscenium | the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater |