GRE Word List
COLLOQUY
conversation
The meaning of the word colloquy is conversation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| ultimate | last in a progression or series : final |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| manifold | marked by diversity or variety |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |