GRE Word List
COLLOQUY
conversation
The meaning of the word colloquy is conversation.
Random words
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buttress | a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building |
potpourri | a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent |
supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
actuary | clerk |
inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |