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 |
|---|---|
| omniscient | having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight |
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| unsullied | not soiled or tarnished : not sullied |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |