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 |
|---|---|
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| stout | strong of character: such as |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| whiff | a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| concordat | compact |