GRE Word List

COLLOQUY

conversation

The meaning of the word colloquy is conversation.

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WordMeaning
gainsayto declare to be untrue or invalid
insalubriousnot conducive to health : unwholesome
quarantinea period of 40 days
outmodednot being in style
satirea literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn
degeneratehaving declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state
circumspectcareful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent
sounda particular auditory impression : tone
dissimulateto hide under a false appearance
sluicean artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow