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 |
|---|---|
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
| introvert | a person whose personality is characterized by introversion : a typically reserved or quiet person who tends to be introspective and enjoys spending time alone |
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| chivalrous | valiant |
| subliminal | inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception |