GRE Word List
COLLOQUY
conversation
The meaning of the word colloquy is conversation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| accessible | capable of being reached |
| checkered | marked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| gestate | to carry in the uterus during pregnancy |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |