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NEOLOGISM
a new word, usage, or expression
The meaning of the word neologism is a new word, usage, or expression.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |
| imply | to express indirectly |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |