GRE Word List
NEOLOGISM
a new word, usage, or expression
The meaning of the word neologism is a new word, usage, or expression.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |