GRE Word List
COLLOQUY
conversation
The meaning of the word colloquy is conversation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |
| rent | property (such as a house) rented or for rent |