colloquial
Day 50Level 2kuh-LOH-kwee-uhl
informal conversation
local and informal (used of language)
Part of Speech: adjective
Synonyms:
conversational, vernacular
Antonyms:
formal
Example Sentence:
The Professor is comfortably colloquial; you'll hear plenty of 'ems and 'yas and yeahs to make you feel like you're casually talking sports and not being lectured.
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uh-pah-thee-O-sis
glorification to godliness; the perfect example
aver
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uh-VUR
to state firmly as a fact ; assert
convention
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kun-VEN-shun
a generally agreed upon practice
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Day 50scatter
DIHS-uh-payt
to scatter; to pursue pleasure to excess