GRE Word List
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 |
|---|---|
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
| solvent | able to pay all legal debts |
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |