GRE Word List
COLLOQUY
conversation
The meaning of the word colloquy is conversation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| substantial | consisting of or relating to substance |
| exigency | that which is required in a particular situation |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |
| fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| engender | beget |
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |