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 |
|---|---|
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| rebuff | to reject or criticize sharply : snub |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| bloated | overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc. |
| mat | a piece of coarse, woven, plaited, or felted fabric used especially as a floor covering or a support |
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| conundrum | an intricate and difficult problem |