GRE Word List

COLLOQUY

conversation

The meaning of the word colloquy is conversation.

Random words

WordMeaning
dissembleto hide under a false appearance
persevereto persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement
filibusteran irregular military adventurer
havocwide and general destruction : devastation
circumscribeto constrict (see constrict
licensepermission to act
seemlygood-looking
sublimeto cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form
tawdrycheap and gaudy in appearance or quality
amphitheateran oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles