SAT vocabulary
Colloquial
Used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary.
Example
"The author's colloquial language made the complex ideas more accessible to a general audience."
Etymology
From Latin colloquium 'conference, conversation', from com- 'together' + loqui 'speak'.
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