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 |
|---|---|
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| gaffe | a social or diplomatic blunder |
| congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |
| rightful | just |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |