GRE Word List
COLLOQUY
conversation
The meaning of the word colloquy is conversation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| requiem | a mass for the dead |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |