GRE Word List
COLLOQUY
conversation
The meaning of the word colloquy is conversation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| levy | the imposition or collection of an assessment |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| quail | any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as |