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 |
|---|---|
| clangor | a resounding clang or medley of clangs |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |