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.

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WordMeaning
gourmandone who is excessively fond of eating and drinking
reparationa repairing or keeping in repair
distraitapprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted
intolerantunable or unwilling to endure
fraileasily led into evil
incorrigibleincapable of being corrected or amended: such as
slackento make less active : slow up
passepast one's prime
barristera counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor
chicanerydeception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery