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 |
|---|---|
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| obituary | a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account |
| bliss | complete happiness |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |