GRE Word List
COLLOQUY
conversation
The meaning of the word colloquy is conversation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| paean | a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph |
| witticism | a cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| collateral | property (such as securities) pledged by a borrower to protect the interests of the lender |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| acclaim | applaud |