GRE Word List

COLLOQUY

conversation

The meaning of the word colloquy is conversation.

Random words

WordMeaning
definitiveserving to provide a final solution or to end a situation
ingenuousshowing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
servileof or befitting a menial position
asceticpracticing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline
regenta person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign
knottymarked by or full of knots
litigationthe act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating
raucousdisagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse
martineta strict disciplinarian