GRE Word List

COLLOQUY

conversation

The meaning of the word colloquy is conversation.

Random words

WordMeaning
gildto overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold
noncommittalgiving no clear indication of attitude or feeling
surrogateone appointed to act in place of another : deputy
epochan event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development
motifa usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts)
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
daisa raised platform (as in a hall or large room)
abstinencethe practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable
eventualcontingent
smudgeto make a smudge on