GRE Word List
COLLOQUY
conversation
The meaning of the word colloquy is conversation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| congenial | pleasant |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| indemnify | to secure against hurt, loss, or damage |
| momentum | a property (see property |