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 |
|---|---|
| affinity | relationship by marriage |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| exertion | the act or an instance of exerting |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| judiciary | a system of courts of law |