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 |
|---|---|
| distant | separated in space : away |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| renovate | to restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding) |
| provenance | origin |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| junta | a council or committee for political or governmental purposes |
| spartan | a native or inhabitant of ancient Sparta |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |