GRE Word List

COLLOQUY

conversation

The meaning of the word colloquy is conversation.

Random words

WordMeaning
decreean order usually having the force of law
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")
scrappyconsisting of scraps
dissonancelack of agreement
vicariousexperienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another
straggleto wander from the direct course or way : rove
misogynista person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person
spatialrelating to, occupying, or having the character of space
droopto hang or incline downward
recessionthe act or action of receding : withdrawal