GRE Word List
COLLOQUY
conversation
The meaning of the word colloquy is conversation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| engaging | tending to draw favorable attention or interest : attractive |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| peccadillo | a slight offense |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |