GRE Word List
COLLOQUY
conversation
The meaning of the word colloquy is conversation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| swear | to utter or take solemnly (an oath) |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| transition | a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| psychiatrist | a medical doctor who diagnoses and treats mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders : a specialist in psychiatry |
| seamy | having the rough side of the seam showing |