GRE Word List
COLLOQUY
conversation
The meaning of the word colloquy is conversation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| typhoon | a hurricane occurring especially in the region of the Philippines or the China sea |
| ancillary | subordinate |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| spasmodic | relating to or affected or characterized by spasm |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |