GRE Word List
COLLOQUY
conversation
The meaning of the word colloquy is conversation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| feral | of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| stout | strong of character: such as |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| botch | an inflammatory sore |