GRE Word List
COLLOQUY
conversation
The meaning of the word colloquy is conversation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| sow | an adult female swine |
| wiggle | to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle |
| teetotalism | the principle or practice of complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| preamble | an introductory statement |