GRE Word List
COLLOQUY
conversation
The meaning of the word colloquy is conversation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| abortive | prematurely born |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |