GRE Word List
COLLOQUY
conversation
The meaning of the word colloquy is conversation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| didactic | designed or intended to teach |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| physiological | of or relating to physiology |
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| ramification | branch |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |
| grim | fierce in disposition or action : savage |