GRE Word List
COLLOQUY
conversation
The meaning of the word colloquy is conversation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| haggard | not tamed |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| moratorium | a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| absolute | free from imperfection : perfect |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |