GRE Word List
COLLOQUY
conversation
The meaning of the word colloquy is conversation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| torrid | parched with heat especially of the sun : hot |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| quadruped | an animal having four feet |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |