GRE Word List

COLLOQUY

conversation

The meaning of the word colloquy is conversation.

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sibyllineany of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy)
stoica member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c.
modicuma small portion : a limited quantity
enterprisea project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky
declivitydownward inclination
fuss:trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby
placeboa usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder
unregeneratenot regenerate
refractiondeflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different
preento groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland