GRE Word List
COLLOQUY
conversation
The meaning of the word colloquy is conversation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| saline | consisting of or containing salt |
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| potentate | ruler |