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

WordMeaning
provisionthe act or process of providing
browseto eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse
opticiana maker of or dealer in optical items and instruments
exchequera department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes
staticexerting force by reason of weight alone without motion
metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)
reproachan expression of rebuke or disapproval
nonsensewords or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas
prosceniumthe stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater
fastidiousshowing or demanding excessive delicacy or care