GRE Word List

COLLOQUY

conversation

The meaning of the word colloquy is conversation.

Random words

WordMeaning
gargoylea spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building
billowwave
incessantcontinuing or following without interruption : unceasing
mendicantbeggar
punyslight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak
centurionan officer commanding a Roman century
equinoxeither of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic
quaffto drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously
satirea literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn
buffoona ludicrous figure : clown