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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| pied | of two or more colors in blotches |
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| flag | any of various monocotyledonous plants with long ensiform leaves: such as |