GRE Word List
NEOLOGISM
new or newly coined word or phrase
The meaning of the word neologism is new or newly coined word or phrase.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| presentiment | premonition; foreboding; feeling something will happen; anticipatory fear |
| vouchsafe | grant condescendingly; guarantee; Ex. vouchsafe your fair return on your investment |
| penury | extreme poverty; stinginess; ADJ. penurious: very poor; stingy |
| pertinacious | holding tenaciously to an action; stubborn; persistent |
| throng | crowd (of people or things); V. |
| leery | (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious |
| unique | without an equal; single in kind |
| vulture | carrion-eating birds |
| egoism | excessive interest in one's self; belief that one should be interested in one's self rather than in others; selfishness; ADJ. egoistic, egoistical |
| conviction | judgment that someone is guilty of a crime; strongly held belief |
