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 |
|---|---|
| gourmand | one who is excessively fond of eating and drinking |
| reparation | a repairing or keeping in repair |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| passe | past one's prime |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |