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 |
|---|---|
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| economy | the structure or conditions of economic life in a country, area, or period |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| immutable | not capable of or susceptible to change |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |