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 |
|---|---|
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| piebald | composed of incongruous parts |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| proscenium | the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| degradation | the act or process of degrading |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |