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NEOLOGISM
a new word, usage, or expression
The meaning of the word neologism is a new word, usage, or expression.
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Word | Meaning |
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nomenclature | name |
scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
slacken | to make less active : slow up |
submissive | submitting to others |
diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |
claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
impetus | a driving force : impulse |
dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |