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 |
|---|---|
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |
| mosaic | a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns |
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| conveyance | the action of conveying |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| ploy | escapade |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |