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 |
|---|---|
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| pretend | to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| sodden | dull or expressionless especially from continued indulgence in alcoholic beverages |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |