GRE Word List

COLLOQUY

conversation

The meaning of the word colloquy is conversation.

Random words

WordMeaning
nugatoryof little or no consequence : trifling
insularitycharacteristic of an isolated people
requiema mass for the dead
gargoylea spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building
oratorioa lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery
galvanizeto subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically
formalitycompliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony
habituateto make used to something : accustom
parablea usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle
incidentan occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening