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 |
|---|---|
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| reparation | a repairing or keeping in repair |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| occlude | to close up or block off : obstruct |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| conflagration | fire |
| lookout | one engaged in keeping watch : watchman |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |