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 |
|---|---|
| antique | existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient |
| ambience | a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere |
| figure | a number symbol : numeral |
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| divine | of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God (see god |
| wiggle | to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle |
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |